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Texas Reined in Recreational THC for More Medical Marijuana This Legislative Session
- Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 46 to expand the medical marijuana program by September, adding nine dispensers for a total of 12 in the state.
- The expansion follows efforts to restrict recreational THC products, including Senate Bill 3 which bans consumable hemp products with synthetic cannabinoids, pending Governor Abbott's decision.
- House Bill 46 also broadens qualifying conditions to include chronic pain and adds products like prescribed inhalers and vaping devices, while Senate Bill 2308 promotes ibogaine research and treatment.
- Fentanyl-Related measures failed again despite over 7,000 deaths in six years, but House Bill 4783 mandates biennial overdose reversal drug reports, and the Texas Hemp Business Council delivered over 5,000 letters and a 120,000-signature petition urging Abbott to veto the hemp ban.
- If signed, the hemp ban will close an $8 billion industry with 50,000 jobs, marking a major policy shift favoring medical marijuana expansion while restricting recreational THC and hemp products in Texas.
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Texas could soon ban THC products — including vapes, gummies and drinks — after the state’s legislature passed a bill that is now awaiting the signature of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.If signed into law, "the bill would create three third-degree felony offenses for manufacturing, delivering, or possessing with intent to deliver certain consumable hemp products; false laboratory reports; and manufacturing or selling without a license or registrat…
Texas reined in recreational THC for more medical marijuana this legislative session
Texas lawmakers this year heavily focused their drug policy agenda on banning tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, products in the state. STORY: https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2025/06/06/texas-reined-in-recreational-thc-for-more-medical-marijuana-this-legislative-session/
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