Texas is prepping to license people to grow, sell marijuana. Here are 10 things you need to know
Source: Houston Chronicle
Texas is prepping to license people to grow, sell marijuana. Here are 10 things you need to know
By Joshua Fechter
Updated 11:14 am, Monday, January 18, 2016
Legal marijuana is coming to Texas. With a catch.
The state will soon license dispensaries to sell low-THC cannabis products such as CBD oil for people diagnosed with intractable epilepsy, who suffer from seizures not controlled by traditional drugs.
Administrative rules approved by the state's Public Safety Commission in December intended to regulate the Compassionate Use Program took effect on Jan. 10, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law in June.
But, the state is still about a year from full implementation of the law: the Department of Public Safety is currently looking for Texas Department of Information Resources vendors to develop the the framework for Compassionate Use Program's registry of physicians and dispensaries to prescribe and distribute low-THC cannabis products.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/10-facts-about-Texas-new-law-licensing-low-THC-6762270.php
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Dunno how Texas will handle this, but here in my part of NY we had growers, processors and dealers all set up, but suddenly NIMBYs popped up claiming that a MM dispensary on a stretch of road with a Wal-Mart, 2 motorcycle dealerships, a stock car race track and at least 5 liquor stores would "attract a bad element".
They're saying the same thing about the new 7-11 down the road, so it's not just pot that riles them up.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)4dsc
(5,787 posts)I'm sure you could get a deal on it.
area51
(11,919 posts)it would only be for medical conditions.
But come on, "Only patients diagnosed with intractable epilepsy may be prescribed low-THC cannabis products...".
Why not people undergoing chemo?