Related articleThe backstory:Following a Texas Supreme Court ruling, the Department of State Health Services reinstated a rule classifying popular hemp-derived THCs as Schedule I controlled substances, placing them in the same legal category as heroin. Under the updated enforcement, retailers selling these products face state jail felony charges, thousands of dollars in fines, and the potential loss of their business licenses. "It's pretty amazing that you can turn people into criminals — I mean, grandmothers into criminals — from one day to the next, a felony for possession of Delta-8 products," said Cynthia Cabrera, president of the Texas Hemp Business Council. The Department of State Health Services published the updated definitions on July 10, with enforcement taking effect July 31. The suit claims the state’s rule directly conflicts with the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas' own 2019 hemp legislation, both of which legalized hemp products containing less than 0.3% Delta-9 THC.