Some Texas legislators ready for more medical marijuana use
Some Texas legislators would like to see more allowable uses for medical marijuana by expanding a law approved in 2015.
The law lets patients with a rare form of epilepsy be legally treated with cannabidiol, or CBD, the Austin American-Statesman reported (http://atxne.ws/1UVXxm7 ).
The Texas Department of Public Safety has not yet completed the process to permit CBD businesses to get up and running. The first permits are scheduled to be granted in June 2017, the newspaper reported.
Sen. José Menéndez, of San Antonio, failed to get a broad medical marijuana bill approved in 2015. He said he’d support any expansion of the current law for therapeutic uses.
Cannabidiol is one of dozens of compounds found in the marijuana plant, but unlike its cousin tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, cannabidiol does not produce a high or sense of euphoria.
Rep. Jason Isaac, of Dripping Springs, expressed hope that legislators who convene...
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