Texas Department of State Health Services

Austin's local process can feel like a hassle with all the city-specific hoops, inspections, and feeds stacking up.

Starting July 1st this year, It switches to the state under the Texas Department of State Health Services, and it's designed to cut red tape big time.

You'll get one statewide license that works everywhere in Texas.

No more separate city permits.

Right.

And so that's when news came out that the Texas Department of State Health Services, which is the agency that issues these licenses to camps, that they'd received hundreds of safety complaints.

And so the Rangers were essentially brought in to help investigate those complaints and and then look for any criminal wrongdoing that might have happened during the flooding event.

And so as far as specific criminal offenses, with these search warrants that were recently filed by the Rangers, we now have a better idea of what exactly they're looking for.

So Delta-8 is often found in sleep gummies and other products intended for people seeking milder effects than the traditional high associated with cannabis.

But on July 31st, the Texas Department of State Health Services reinstated a rule making possession of less than one gram of Delta-8... a state jail felony punishable by up to two years behind bars.

Figuring out whether something actually contains Delta-8 is not so easy without a lab test.

So Austin police say the label itself could give an officer probable cause to make an arrest.

But state law says it's still hemp if it has less than 0.3% Delta-9.

That's where the Texas Department of State Health Services comes in.

DSHS maintains a roster of the most illegal drugs in the state.

It's called the Schedule I List of Controlled Substances, and it includes things like heroin and crack cocaine.