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A bill to significantly expand Texas' medical marijuana program is advancing in the legislature

The bill expands the state's current medical cannabis program to those who would otherwise have been prescribed opiates for pain.

By Sanford Nowlin

Apr 24, 2023

The Texas House voted last week to advance a bipartisan bill that would grow the state's limited medical marijuana program by opening it to people who suffer from chronic pain. House Bill 1805's next stop is the Texas Senate, where it could face resistance from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who's served as a roadblock for previous marijuana reform proposals. Even so, some in the cannabis industry predict it will ultimately pass...

Final approval of the measure would mean a major victory for cannabis advocates, who have long pushed to expand Texas' medical marijuana program.

Pressure builds for Texas lawmakers to expand medical cannabis, weigh decriminalization

Advocates are hoping the Texas Legislature increases the potency cap for medical pot and make it available to people suffering from chronic pain.

By Sanford Nowlin
Jan 25, 2023
Texas Senate Unanimously Votes to Allow Broader Use of Medical Marijuana

By Sanford Nowlin
May 23, 2019
Members of the Texas Lege Push Back at Dan Patrick for Claiming Marijuana Reform Bill is Dead in the Senate

By Sanford Nowlin
May 1, 2019
Laws on CBD Getting Clearer in the U.S. and Texas

By Travis E. Poling
Apr 26, 2019
Sprouting Up: CBD Stores and Products Grow More Abundant Now That Texas Cleared Up Legal Issues

By Travis E. Poling
Apr 24, 2019
While Other States Decriminalized, Texas Ranked No. 1 in Marijuana Arrests

By Sanford Nowlin
May 4, 2018