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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Jolie McCullough

In a Central Texas county, high schoolers are jailed on felony charges for vaping what could be legal hemp

Miles Leon poses for a portrait inside his home on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 near Bulverde, TX. Leon was caught using a vape pen police say had THC but Leon claims had Delta-8. Leon could be charged with a felony for possession if tests show it was THC as a 17 year old in Texas Leon would be charged as an adult.
Myles Leon, 17, was arrested and taken to the Comal County Jail for using a vape pen at school. Although police can’t tell whether the pen is derived from marijuana or legal hemp, Myles could be charged with a felony. (Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune)

SPRING BRANCH — When kids walk into the gas station near the high school in this rural stretch north of San Antonio, they come face to face with Texas’ booming market in psychoactive hemp derivatives.

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