Getting Hemp Regulation Right

Texas lawmakers returned to the Capitol yesterday for a special legislative session intended to address flood resilience, congressional redistricting, and the state’s booming consumable hemp industry. Katharine Neill Harris lays out the consumer risks of underregulated hemp products and commonsense measures to protect public health and child safety.

 

For more, read Harris’ road map for hemp regulation in Texas.

 

Featured guest:

• Katharine Neill Harris, Ph.D., https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/katharine-neill-harris

Mentioned in this episode:

• Katharine Neill Harris, Victoria Jupp, and Lisa Pittman, “How a Well-Regulated Texas Hemp Industry Can Promote Public Safety,” https://doi.org/10.25613/CVDC-0V10.
• Katharine Neill Harris, Victoria Jupp, and Lisa Pittman, “Mapping Hemp Products’ Legal Status Across US States,” https://doi.org/10.25613/5C1S-Q789.

This conversation was recorded on July 14, 2025. A transcript of this episode is available here: http://bit.ly/4kPDYfG 

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