It's hard to keep up with this stuff!

I gather there were some pretty spicy hearings today, but between errands, a new foster dog and a visit to my doctor, I didn’t have time to watch hearings. And I didn’t find much reporting on today’s hearings other than on Twitter, which really drives home the real problem we have of local journalists being stretched too thin.

I managed to catch a few minutes of the hearings on SB3 (Relating to the regulation of consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring a registration; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty) and it was a lot of women in their 60s basically saying their adult sons have experienced psychosis on THC. Another woman submitted the word “scromiting” into the lege record.

Quorum Report (which I had NO IDEA costs $360 per year, a price I cannot afford right now) clipped this moving testimony in opposition to SB3 that’s worth sharing:

The State Affairs committee is still going tonight at 7 p.m., still talking about THC. Currently a CBD business owner is talking about assisting veterans. I knew this would be a hot topic. There are dispensaries all over Houston now, people are using these products to sleep and control PTSD and anxiety, and this business has lots of lobbyists. A lawyer just testified, “a border D.A. said that if this bill passes, you’re going to see drones from Mexico dropping gummies all over Texas.” Neat!

I don’t know what’s going to happen ultimately, but if I were you, I’d get to calling your reps about it NOW. Ask FOR better regulations and NO ban, so vote against SB3.

I will state again that THC finally helped me sleep after MONTHS of not getting proper sleep after losing my house and belongings in Hurricane Harvey. I still use low-dose THC gummies to sleep once every week or so. I don’t experiment with drugs, I have never tried anything else. You can’t imagine the peace I felt in my body the first time I tried it after months of sleep terrors.

I will be back to babysitting the lege tomorrow, which is good because, oh no, they’re going to be discussing:

• SB 10 King | et al. Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
• SB 11 Middleton | et al. Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.

Great!

Three Good Things:

1. My husband and I foster animals through Rescued Pets Movement in Houston. We usually foster kittens and cats, but we’ve had some resident cat difficulties lately in our home so I decided to bring home Art (pictured above) who will stay with us until he transports out of state next week. He’s a lover, great at sleeping, and a HUGE fan of peeing indoors. He was a Houston stray until last week, now he has been fixed and is in for a week or so of listening to lege hearings in my office, at which point I am sure he will want to leave.
2. I get along with my new doctor (my previous long-term PCP moved to New Mexico) and I think she’s great and smart. Also, her first name is my middle name, which is why I chose her.
3. I watched Nickel Boys this weekend and it is BY FAR the best movie of last year. I’ve seen most of the Oscar noms and Nickel Boys is the one. Sing Sing is also good. Conclave was…good enough, but I’m not Catholic. Highly recommend watching Nickel Boys.