If Episode 1 showed you the explosion, Episode 2 takes you inside the machine.

In this chapter of Texas Cannabis Chronicles, filmmaker JT Barnett goes behind the scenes of the legislative crackdown to expose how Texas politicians, lobbyists, and pharma money are quietly trying to dismantle the largest cannabis market in the world — one rule change at a time.

We meet the founders of Hometown Hero, the advocates lobbying at the Capitol, the small shop owners who built legal businesses on the back of HB 1325, and the lawyers ready to sue the state into oblivion if Senate Bill 3 passes.

Senate Bill 3. Behind-the-door lobbying. The Lieutenant Governor calling hemp businesses “terrorists.” A Texas Supreme Court ruling that just changed the rules in real time. And a $8 billion industry waking up every day wondering if today is the day their legal business becomes a crime.

This isn’t about hemp vs. cannabis. It’s about who controls the market — and who gets shut out.

🎥 Episode 2 of 8
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