SAN ANTONIO – One company, known for making fruit arrangements, is taking advantage of recent inaction by the Texas legislature to begin delivering hemp products.
Edible Brands, the parent company of Edible Arrangements, launched a website to order THC products.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick led the charge to pass a ban on THC products in Texas during the legislative session last spring.
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed the bill, asking legislators to go back to the drawing board, but they were unable to reach a consensus.
Edibles.com launched last March in select Texas markets, but the bill’s failure allowed the service to expand across the state.
While the edibles being delivered are different than the classic arrangements, Edibles.com General Manager Thomas Winstanley said that the venture is in line with its parent company’s mission.
“It very much falls in alignment with the company of Edible Brands,” Winstanley said, “which is very much focused on providing opportunities for health and wellness and these moments for consumers that create this ‘wow’ factor.”
The company allows people to purchase THC gummies or drinks on the website, and have the product shipped to their door. In some cases, the products will be delivered by an Edible Arrangements truck.
It will only sell to people 21 years or older. State Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, wants all retailers to enforce age verification.
“I support common sense regulation of THC like I do of weapons in the sense that only adults 21 and over should be able to have it,” Menendez said.
Regulating THC has been center stage in Texas with veterans leading the charge in keeping THC legal.
“So many veterans have come to me and said, ‘I am just sick and tired, disgusted by the fact that the VA wants to give me a script for narcotics when I don’t want narcotics. I want a natural solution’,” Sen. Menendez said.
According to a 2024 map from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Texas is one of 19 states where hemp products are legal with few restrictions.
The state recently implemented a ban on selling e-cigarettes with any cannabinoids went into effect at the beginning of the month. The ban is on selling and marketing the product, not owning or consuming it.
“It is a problem to have sort of this patchwork, quilt work of laws that don’t seem to mesh,” Menendez said.
THC is also banned for minors under a new Executive Order signed by Gov. Abbott.
While there is still uncertainty over what a THC bill could look like in future legislative sessions, for now, edibles are fair game in Texas stores and online.
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