With under two weeks to go in the legislative session, it’s clear 2021 isn t going to be the year that Texas joins a growing number of states where marijuana is broadly legal for adult recreational use or medical purposes.
But advocates for lifting the strict prohibitions in Texas still could notch some incremental gains before time runs out May 31 and state lawmakers head home.
House Bill 1535, an effort to expand the state s narrow medical marijuana program by a significant but still limited amount, remains alive, as does HB 2593, a measure that would reduce but not eliminate criminal penalties for possession of certain products infused with concentrates of the chemical in marijuana that induces a high.
With investors and - possibly - legislators on board, Texas cannabis industry poised for growth
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William “Beau” Wrigley Jr., an heir to the Wrigley chewing gum company and its former chairman, president and CEO, is now CEO of goodblend Texas formerly Surterra Wellness a Georgia company that is one of three companies licensed to cultivate and sell medical cannabis in Texas.Surterra WellnessShow MoreShow Less
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THC capsules resembling a typical pill are available for medical marijuana patients to use. These capsules are sold under the Surterra Wellness brand, which parent company Parallel recently changed to the goodblend Texas brand.ParallelShow MoreShow Less
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 12:42 PM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation A worker at Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation harvests buds from marijuana plants. The Texas House has approved a bill to allow people with a wider variety of ailments to access the state s medical marijuana program, the Texas Tribune reports. It would also boost the potency of pot prescribed to patients. House Bill 1535 would expand the state s compassionate use program to include people with chronic pain, those with PTSD and all cancer patients. Currently, only those with a limited number of diagnoses, including terminal cancer, seizure disorders, autism and intractable epilepsy, can legally acces