Texas lawmakers pass bill that allows physicians to prescribe medicinal cannabis to...
, R-Tarrant County, was approved by the House Public Health Committee with a 10-0 vote Monday, March 20.
The bill expands the list of conditions for patients to qualify for a prescription of low-THC medical cannabis by including “a condition that causes chronic pain, for which a physician would otherwise prescribe an opioid.”allowed the first legal use of low-THC cannabis products in the stateIt was originally solely for patients with intractable epilepsy, but was later expanded to include other conditions in 2019 and 2021 by the Texas Legislature to be more inclusive.
Patients can be prescribed low-THC if they are: a permanent resident of Texas, has one of the listed medical conditions, a CUP registered physician and their physician decides that the benefit of the prescription outweighs the risk.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were. This includes both illicit and prescription drugs.
But recreational marijuana is banned outside of some products with synthetic forms of THC, which is the part that gives a high., out of 1200 adults, 4 out of 5 adults surveyed said they would support an expanded medical marijuana program,, and two-thirds of them said they would support legalizing recreational adult use, according to Austin Bureau writer Edward McKinley.Texas lawmakers are also considering legislation that decriminalizes possession of marijuana.
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