Despite strict laws, Texas is awash in intoxicating cannabis
January 13, 2025

(NPR) – If you want to get high in Texas, your options are almost limitless. This law-and-order state of guns, God and capital punishment is awash in cannabis. Today, Texas has more than 7,000 cannabis dispensaries, almost twice as many as California. Add to that: 24-hour cannabis delivery, mobile pot trucks, cannabis vending machines, and mail-order cannabis.
“Texas has become known as the biggest open recreational market in the country. ‘Open’ meaning no regulations,” says Nico Richardson, CEO of Texas Originals, which sells only medical marijuana.
It’s confusing because recreational marijuana is still illegal in Texas. (Read More)