(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an executive order to regulate THC, which Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who led the charge to ban it, says creates “a pathway that could open the door to recreational marijuana in our state. We do not want to be another failed Colorado.”

The Republican-led legislature, Republican Party of Texas and majority of Republican voters support a THC ban, oppose regulating it and legalizing marijuana, and argue shops selling THC are doing so illegally. Texas law enforcement, the Texas Pediatric Society and Texas Medical Association support a ban.