Texas senators voted unanimously May 27 to expand eligibility for medical cannabis prescriptions, putting the state on track to build out an existing program that some Texans have said does not currently help enough people. That same day, legislation that would ban the possession, sale and manufacture of all other hemp-derived THC products in Texas was sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

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House Bill 46 would increase the conditions eligible for Texas’ Compassionate Use Program , which lawmakers launched in 2015 to treat certain forms of severe epilepsy and have since expanded. The latest version of the bill would also allow doctors to prescribe a wider variety of low-THC products and quadruple the amount of licensed medical cannabis dispensaries.

“Texans still struggle

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