Pro-THC advocates' and business owners' relentless efforts proved at least temporarily successful late Sunday after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott opted to veto a looming ban on consumable hemp products. Abbott's decision not to put his stamp of approval on the widely unpopular move to prohibit consumable THC products may win him brownie points with those against it;

The move is likely to infuriate Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years in the Legislature.

The governor issued the veto less than an hour before the deadline late Sunday night and did not immediately issue a statement.