A Texas lawmaker wants to end the state’s nation-leading, $3 billion hemp-derived THC market while also expanding its notoriously restrictive medical marijuana program that bans all but extremely low THC products.
State Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican, presented separate bills in committee Monday that would drastically revamp access to products with THC.
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Both bills remained in committee as of Thursday.
Under Texas’ Compassionate Use Program, which went into effect in 2015, cannabis patients are allowed only “low-THC” products with no more than 0.5% THC by weight.
Many critics point out that more potent products derived from hemp are available in Texas under the 2018 federal Farm Bill and that, functionally, the state has little more than a CBD program.
Perry’s Senate Bill 1505
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