On September 1, HB 46 took effect, significantly expanding the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), Texas’ restrictive medical cannabis law. Some parts of the law, however, required administrative rulemaking to implement: The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has proposed rules to license more dispensing organizations and to allow satellite locations.    The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has proposed rules including to create processes for requesting approval of devices for non-smoked…

Another special session for hemp most likely avoided.

In a testament to the power of grassroots activism, the third attempt to criminalize hemp-derived THC failed again

The Texas Senate passed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s latest hemp-derived THC ban — SB 5 — in a 21-8 third reading vote, sending it to the House of Representatives.

SB 5 is a bad policy that will negatively impact tens of thousands of Texans annually.

On June 21, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 46 into law, making Texas the 40th medical cannabis state in the United States!

Legislators received countless emails and calls to expand the Compassionate Use Program, and they listened to your concerns.

Following strong-arming by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the Texas House of Representatives voted to ban consumable hemp.

In recent weeks, both the Texas Legislature and appellate courts have been imperiling the will of voters who enacted local cannabis decriminalization ordinances.

The Texas House Committee for Public Health held a hearing for HB46, a bill to modestly expand the state's extremely limited low-THC medical cannabis program.