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Texas Lawmakers Expand Medical Marijuana Program Eligibility Amid Looming Hemp Ban

  • Texas lawmakers advanced House Bill 46 in 2025 to expand the Compassionate Use Program to include chronic pain patients and others.
  • The expansion follows earlier program launches and enlargements in 2015 and 2021, despite some concerns over patient increases and legislative delays.
  • The bill increases eligible conditions, allows new consumption methods like vaporizing and patches, limits THC per dose to 10 mg, and raises dispensaries from three to fifteen.
  • Over 103,000 patients currently participate, the legislation permits 90-day prescriptions without opioid trials, and Gov. Abbott is expected to sign it by September 1, 2025.
  • If enacted, the bill will significantly broaden medical cannabis access in Texas, marking the program's largest update while the governor also faces a related hemp THC ban bill.
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KXAN broke the news in Austin, United States on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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