At The Cobo Dispensary in Houston’s historic Fifth Ward, owner Ricky Bell was preparing for the worst.
The potential signing of a statewide THC ban could have wiped out his entire livelihood, one he built from the ground up after surviving a near-fatal accident and years of chronic pain.
“This is my first business,” Bell said. “I put everything I had into this business. My family and friends helped me open it. I don’t have anything else to go into another business.”
Bell, who pays $10,000 a month in taxes, was worried that the Texas government would not compensate business owners like him if the bill were signed into law…