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State lawmakers didn't come close this year to putting Texas on a path to join the growing national marijuana legalization movement.

The Texas Senate approved a measure that would expand the state's medical marijuana program, but not before paring it back from the House version.

Texas medical marijuana expansion scaled back by Senate Taylor Goldenstein, Austin Bureau FacebookTwitterEmail The mother cannabis plants that Texas Original Compassion Cultivation uses to clone their plants they use in their medical marijuana dispensary located outside of Austin.Jessica Phelps, Staff photographer / San Antonio Express-News The Texas Senate approved an expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program on Tuesday, but only after scaling back the version that had been approved by the House. The Texas program is one of the most restrictive in the nation, only available to ac...

The Texas Tribune A majority of Texans support legalizing cannabis, according to a February poll from the University of Texas at Austin and The Texas Tribune. With less than two weeks left in Texas’ legislative session, medical marijuana advocates are ratcheting up pressure on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who they say is blocking an effort to expand the state’s Compassionate Use Program. House Bill 1535, by state Rep. Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to include those with chronic pain, all cancer patients and Texans with post-traumatic stress d...

With less than two weeks left in Texas’ legislative session, medical marijuana advocates are ratcheting up pressure on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who they say is blocking an effort to expand the state’s Compassionate Use Program. House Bill 1535, by state Rep. Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to include those with chronic pain, all cancer patients and Texans with post-traumatic stress disorder. It would also authorize the Department of State Health Services to add additional qualifying conditions through administrative rulemaking. Current law r...