The Texas Legislature is considering another expansion to the state's medical marijuana program.
The last two bills that expanded the Texas Compassionate Use Program were also authored by Rep. Stephanie Klick, a Fort Worth Republican.Today, members of the Texas House of Representatives are scheduled to debate and vote on a potentially huge expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program. Rep. Stephanie Klick, a Fort Worth Republican, filed House Bill 1805 in January, which would add chronic pain as a qualifying condition for the Texas Compassionate Use Program .
TCUP has become known as one of the most restrictive medical marijuana programs in the country. It has expanded a few times since it was approved in 2015, but it’s still limited. It was initially open only to patients with intractable epilepsy, and medication was limited to 0.5%In 2019, the program was expanded to include patients with terminal cancer, autism and multiple sclerosis, among other illnesses.
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