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The cannabis industry's quality control foundation is cracking under the weight of systematic fraud, with testing failures cascading from Oklahoma's 19,000 flipped samples to Chicago's 1,600 jeopardized DUI cases. Meanwhile, Governor Abbott's political calculus defies logic as he abandons a proven polling winner to wade back into THC prohibition waters, while Texas crime labs remind lawmakers that enforcement costs real money regardless of policy direction. Today's intelligence examines how testing integrity threatens market legitimacy, political positioning contradicts data, and prohibition's hidden price tag.
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