Texas Dispensaries

  • Texas Living
    • About Texas Medical Marijuana
    • CBD – TEXAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CANNABIDIOL LAW 2015
    • Texas Marijuana FAQ 2018
    • Texas Medical Marijuana Card
    • Texas Qualifying Conditions
    • TX MMJ Registration
    • Texas Marijuana Updates
    • Texas Top 5 Colleges
    • Texas MMJ News
  • Dispensaries
  • MMJ/CBD Dr Clinics
  • Updates
  • Daze Off Discounts
  • Pre-Registration
  • Contact
    • Disclaimer & Terms of Service

Texans could lose access to retail cannabis products – MyStatesman.com

Posted by cited in article on April 16, 2018
Posted in: Texas MMJ News.

Proponents of medical marijuana in Texas cheered what they viewed as a small but significant step forward in February, when the first legal sales of products containing a non-psychoactive extract of the plant began under the state’s highly restrictive medical cannabis law.

But they’re recoiling two months later, as a state health agency considers a proposal that could strip from Texas store shelves all other foods and food supplements advertising marijuana extracts as ingredients.

The plan would put cannabidiol, known as CBD, out of reach for most Texans, because the state’s medical cannabis law — called the Compassionate Use Act — allows only licensed Texas dispensaries to sell the extract and only patients suffering from a single, rare ailment to buy it.

“That is going to be a really awful day for a lot of people” if the state goes through with the proposal, said Becky Tyson, who along with her husband owns White Dragon Botanicals on Burnet Road and sells a variety of products infused with CBD oil.

“It will effect a lot of people tremendously,” Tyson said. “A lot of people have turned to these natural alternatives, rather than just using pharmaceuticals, and they’ve found great relief.”

CBD — which doesn’t produce a high — has been gaining in popularity nationwide as a treatment for all manner of ailments, including chronic pain, anxiety, seizures and sleep disorders. But it remains illegal under federal law, as does tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which is the component of the marijuana plant that is

Read More Here...

Posts navigation

← News Roundup: Texas Proposes New Regulations For Hemp Products, Worrying Cannabis Advocates – Texas Standard
Observer Partners with Herban Planet to Provide Comprehensive Marijuana Info – Dallas Observer →
  • Click for a link to find out about the legal marijuana pot cannabis movement in Texas
  • Vape/Pot stocks home page
  • This is the news multi lingual site for all things medical marijuana cannabis news
  • Recent Posts

    • Cannabis oil, special elections and redistricting (podcast) – Texas Tribune April 26, 2018
    • Weed of the week: Cannabis community – PCC Courier April 26, 2018
    • New Jersey arrests more people for weed than almost any other state. See the list – NJ.com April 25, 2018
  • Nationwide Dispensary Finder

    To find weed dispensaries all over the United States of America National Dispensary Locator found on marijuanacannabisdispensary.com
  • The Armadillo is the state animal of Texas. The armadillo featured on the Texas Dispensaries website is a clickable link to the nwf.org, or National Wildlife Federation
  • Disclaimer & Terms

    Sitemap

Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Parament by Automattic.