Down in Texas, the booze industry's been working overtime trying to tighten restrictions on cannabis. The logic? Pretty straightforward actually—once people have access to weed, their drinking habits tend to shift. Less bar tabs, more dispensary visits. Classic case of legacy players using regulatory pressure to kneecap emerging competition. Same playbook we've seen play out in finance, tech, you name it. When innovation threatens established revenue streams, lobbyists don't compete on merit—they rewrite the rulebook.