Texas Senator Pitches Medical Marijuana Program Expansion, Hemp THC Ban

A Texas lawmaker wants to end the state’s nation-leading, $3 billion hemp-derived THC market while also expanding its notoriously restrictive medical marijuana program that bans all but extremely low THC products.

State Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican, presented separate bills in committee Monday that would drastically revamp access to products with THC.

Both bills remained in committee as of Thursday.

Under Texas’ Compassionate Use Program, which went into effect in 2015, cannabis patients are allowed only “low-THC” products with no more than 0.5% THC by weight.

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