new rules<\/a> on delta-8 on July 10.<\/p>\n\u201cWe pretty much have had a week or two to kind of switch up and pivot, and figure out what we\u2019re going to use and what we\u2019re going to have on our shelves instead of delta-8,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n
The case in question: The DSHS (including commissioner Dr. Jennifer Shuford) versus Sky Marketing Corp, also known as Hometown Hero, an Austin-based consumable hemp company.<\/p>\n
The case originated in 2021, when Hometown Hero sued the state for making delta-8 a schedule 1 controlled substance, which ordered products off the shelves. A Travis County district court ruled the state needed to remove delta-8, allowing products back on the shelves.<\/p>\n
Lawyers have worked on an injunction yearly since 2021, until the state\u2019s highest court weighed in and gave the final ruling.<\/p>\n
Justice Evan A. Young delivered the opinion. At the beginning of his 30-page opinion, Young acknowledged the difficulty, and sometimes confusion, when it comes to decision making over drugs, writing, \u201cthat task is complex in this case because the law governing controlled substances is itself complex, both procedurally and substantively.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ultimately, though, the court ruled in favor of the state, that DSHS has authority over delta-8 and other THC extracts and isomers found in hemp.<\/p>\n
Justice Young wrote: \u201cIf the legislature desires to legalize powerful drugs, it has every tool it needs to do so\u2014and to do so unmistakably, as we expect for such a major change to social policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
At his shop, Harris has to destroy any remaining delta-8 products if they haven\u2019t been sold already.<\/p>\n
\u201cDestroying your product is never a fun thing, but especially when we know it\u2019s a helpful product, that can make us money, and can also make the state money,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re very confused about it, and very upset.\u201d<\/p>\n
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