Texas House gives preliminary green light to medical marijuana expansion
Fort Worth Republican Rep. Stephanie Klick’s HB 1535 would raise the THC limit to 5% and include all forms of PTSD and several additional conditions for Texas’ medical cannabis program.
One of the four flowering rooms where cannabis plants are grown at Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation, a state-licensed medical cannabis cultivator and dispensary, in Manchaca, Texas, in February 2018.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
4:16 PM on Apr 28, 2021 CDT
AUSTIN — The Texas House gave preliminary approval to a bill Wednesday that would considerably expand the Texas Compassionate Use Program for the medical use of low-THC cannabis by including several additional groups of Texans while raising the THC limit from .5% to 5%.