Three House bills, two House joint resolutions, and two Senate Bills have been filed for the January, 2021 legislative session which would expand the Compassionate Use Program for medical marijuana use, reports CBS Austin.
Texas began the program in 2015 under Senate Bill 339, but allowed only people with intractable epilepsy to be eligible for medical cannabis. In 2019, state lawmakers passed House Bill 3703, which expanded the covered conditions to include all forms of epilepsy and seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, terminal cancer, and autism.
Under the Compassionate Use Program, the THC content of prescribed medical cannabis cannot exceed 0.5 percent.
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Texas began the program in 2015 under Senate Bill 339, but allowed only people with intractable epilepsy to be eligible for medical cannabis. In 2019, state lawmakers passed House Bill 3703, which expanded the covered conditions to include all forms of epilepsy and seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, terminal cancer, and autism.
Under the Compassionate Use Program, the THC content of prescribed medical cannabis cannot exceed 0.5 percent.
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