October 1, 2020
Thursday, November 5th, 2020 and Noon Join Informed Texas for this educational, online seminar on Best Practices for Hemp in Texas. As Texas progresses through our inaugural hemp season, education on the burgeoning market is imperative. Our guests presenters will cover: The State of Hemp in Texas Sustainable Cultivation and Cultivar Selection Harvesting Processing / Packaging / Distributing Application and Reporting Process Current Research in Texas Register today! After the tutorial airs on 11/5/20 at noon, it will be available for on-demand replay so that you can watch at your leisure. Speakers will be: Taylor Kirk – Horticulture Service Specialist David D. Baltensperger, Ph.D – Agrilife Professor and Head of the Department Susan Hays – Lawyer, Advocate, and Crisis Manager Travis Higginbotham Co-Owner, Sales & Business […]
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October 19, 2020
Vicente Sederberg LLP released a report on “The Fiscal Benefits of a Taxed and Regulated Cannabis Market in Texas”. The report covers effective tax rates vs prohibitive rates, number of potential consumers, estimated sales per customer, job growth, fee revenue and more. Read the report in full. Takeaways: Number of potential Texas consumers (21+ years): 1,557,629 Estimated yearly sales per customer: $1,730 Estimated yearly total cannabis sales for Texas is $2,694,698,170 Estimated biennium tax revenue of more than $1.1 billion dollars Estimated new jobs: 20,000 – 40,000 Potential license fee revenue for Texas: $10 Million Per Year Estimated $311 million per year in savings by ending misdemeanor arrests and prosecutions for low-level cannabis possession offenses As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, Texas has to re-evaluate […]
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November 13, 2020
Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy hosts the third annual Texas Marijuana Policy Conference! Hemp has been legalized at the state and federal levels, but Texas still denies patient access to medical cannabis and tens of thousands are being arrested annually for marijuana possession. Speakers include state lawmakers, researchers, medical professionals, industry leaders, and advocates! We are excited to have several Texas NORML board members participating. Carlos Caro, Secretary for Informed Texas, and Wendy Askew MD, Medical Director for Informed Texas, will participate in the panel Cops, Docs, and Clergy: Lasting Impacts of Marijuana Criminalization on Friday, the 20th at 11am. Jax Finkel, Executive Director of Texas NORML, will moderate a panel on Cannabis Testing in Texas on Friday, the 20th at 11am. Nishi Whiteley, Resource Director for Informed Texas, will be hosting a workshop on Responsible Cannabis Consumption […]
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November 22, 2020
As our team continues to educate and empower Texans, we wanted to let you know about a great opportunity to support the educational efforts of the Foundation for an Informed Texas (FIT) while shopping on Amazon. Through the AmazonSmile program, a small percentage of every purchase you make on Amazon will be donated to a charity you select. Please select FIT as your preferred charity before you do all your Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping. You can set it up quickly and easily by going to Smile.Amazon.com and entering Foundation for an Informed Texas as your designated charity. The program is operated by Amazon, so the shopping experience is exactly the same — except that 0.5% of the price of each product you purchase on Amazon will […]
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