Texas
2405 Registered Patient Population |
0.01% of Total Population Represented by Patients |
0 Total Medical Retail Locations Currently in Operation |
N/A Ratio of Patients to Retail Location |
CBD treatment is legal in Texas. Patients with severe epilepsy may seek a doctor’s recommendation for cannabis oil with no more than 0.5 percent THC. The state has authorized dispensing organizations to cultivate, process, and distribute this medicine.
Patient Rights and Civil Protection |
38/100 |
|
Arrest Protection |
20/40 |
Affirmative Defense |
9/15 |
Parental Rights Protections |
0/10 |
DUI Protections |
0/5 |
Employment Protections |
0/5 |
Explicit Privacy Standards |
4/7 |
Housing Protections |
5/5 |
Does Not Create New Criminal Penalties for Patients |
0/5 |
Organ Transplants |
0/5 |
Reciprocity |
0/3 |
|
Access to Medicine |
29/100 |
|
Allows Distribution Programs |
9/40 |
– Allows Access to Dried Flowers |
0/15 |
– Allows Delivery |
3/5 |
– No Sales Tax or Reasonable Sales Tax |
0/5 |
– Allows for a Reasonable Number of Dispensaries |
4/5 |
– Does Not Require Vertical Integration |
0/2 |
– Ownership/Employment Restrictions |
0/2 |
– Provisions for Labor Standards |
0/2 |
– Environmental Impact Regulations |
0/2 |
– Choice of Dispensary Without Restrictions |
2/2 |
Noncommercial Cultivation |
0/20 |
– Personal Cultivation |
0/15 |
– Collective Gardening |
0/5 |
Explicit Right to Edibles/Concentrates/Other Forms |
6/10 |
Does not Impose Bans or Limits on THC |
2/10 |
Does not Impose Bans on CBD |
5/10 |
Local Bans/Zoning |
7/10 |
|
Ease of Navigation |
66/100 |
|
Comprehensive Qualifying Conditions |
37/50 |
Adding New Conditions |
0/10 |
– Law/Regulations Allow for New Conditions |
0/5 |
– System Works for Adding New Conditions |
0/5 |
Reasonable Access for Minors |
8/10 |
Reasonable Caregiver Background Checks |
4/4 |
Number of Caregivers |
1/2 |
Patient/ Practitioner- Focused Task Force or Advisory Board |
0/2 |
Reasonable Fees (Patients and Caregivers) |
10/10 |
Allows Multiple-Year Registrations |
0/2 |
Reasonable Physician Requirements |
2/5 |
Does Not Classify Cannabis as a Medicine of Last Resort |
4/5 |
|
Functionality |
55/100 |
|
Patients Able to Access Medicine at Dispensaries or by Cultivation |
30/50 |
No Significant Administrative or Supply Problems |
10/15 |
Patients Can Receive Legal Protections Within Reasonable Time Frame of Doctor's Recommendation |
0/10 |
Reasonable Possession Limits |
5/5 |
Reasonable Purchase Limits |
5/5 |
Allows Patients to Medicate Where They Choose |
3/5 |
Covered by Insurance/State Health Aid |
0/3 |
Financial Hardship (Fee Waivers/Discount Medicine) |
2/7 |
|
Consumer Safety and Provider Requirements |
40.21/100 |
|
Dispensing |
12.67/25 |
Staff Training |
0/5 |
Standard Operating Procedures |
3/5 |
– Facility Sanitary Conditions |
0/1.25 |
– Storage Protocols |
1/1.25 |
– Reasonable Security Protocols |
1/1.25 |
– Inventory Control |
1/1.25 |
Recall Protocol and Adverse Event Reporting |
5/5 |
Product Labeling |
2.67/5 |
– Product Contents, Including Source Material Identification |
1.67/1.67 |
– Allergens |
0/1.67 |
– Potency/Compound Identification |
1/1.67 |
Required Testing |
2/5 |
– Active Compound Identification |
1/1.67 |
– Contaminants |
0/1.67 |
– Potency |
1/1.67 |
Grow/Cultivation |
13.38/25 |
Staff Training |
0/5 |
Standard Operating Procedures |
2.13/5 |
– Facility and Equipment Sanitary Conditions |
0/0.71 |
– Workforce Safety Protocols |
0/0.71 |
– Storage Protocols (Short-Term and Long-Term Storage) |
0.71/0.71 |
– Reasonable Security Protocols |
0.71/0.71 |
– Batch and Lot Tracking |
0.71/0.71 |
– Disposal/Waste |
0/0.71 |
– Water Management |
0/0.71 |
Pesticide Guidance |
3/5 |
– Pesticide Guidance |
2/2.5 |
– Pesticide Labeling |
1/2.5 |
Required Testing |
3.25/5 |
– Active Ingredient Identification |
1.25/1.25 |
– Contaminants |
1/1.25 |
– Potency |
1/1.25 |
– Sample Retention |
0/1.25 |
Recall Protocol and Adverse Event Reporting |
5/5 |
Manufacturing |
11.67/25 |
Staff Training |
0/5 |
Standard Operating Procedures |
2/5 |
– Facility and Equipment Sanitary Conditions |
0/1 |
– Workforce Safety Protocols |
0/1 |
– Storage Protocols |
1/1 |
– Reasonable Security Protocols |
0/1 |
– Batch and Lot Tracking |
1/1 |
Product Labeling |
2.67/5 |
– Product Contents, Including Source Material Identification |
1.67/1.67 |
– Allergens |
0/1.67 |
– Potency and Compound Information |
1/1.67 |
Required Testing |
2/5 |
– Active Ingredient Identification |
1/1 |
– Contaminants |
0/1 |
– Potency |
1/1 |
– Shelf Life Testing |
0/1 |
– Sample Retention |
0/1 |
Recall Protocol and Adverse Event Reporting |
5/5 |
Laboratory Operations |
2.49/25 |
Staff Training |
0/5 |
Method Validation in Accordance with AHP Guidelines |
0/5 |
Result Reporting |
0/5 |
Independent or Third Party |
0/5 |
Standard Operating Procedures and Protocols |
2.49/5 |
– Equipment and Instrument Calibration |
0/0.83 |
– Sample Tracking |
0.83/0.83 |
– Facility and Equipment Sanitary Conditions |
0.83/0.83 |
– Disposal/Waste |
0/0.83 |
– Storage Protocols |
0.83/0.83 |
– Workforce Safety Protocols |
0/0.83 |
|
Covid Response |
13/20
|
|
Delivery Available? |
6/6
|
Curbside Pickup Available? |
0/2
|
Medical Cannabis Essential? |
7/7
|
Telemedicine Available? |
0/5
|
|
Excerpted from ASA's 2020 State of the States Report. |
In This Section
A patient's prescribed medical cannabis can be dispensed to the patient’s legal representative. A minor patient must receive two separate opinions from two different doctors certified to dispense medical cannabis.
The Texas Compassionate Use Act allows access to some patients to "low-THC cannabis" through dispensing organizations which may cultivate, process and distribute this medical cannabis. SB 399 establishes a sort of parallel prescription system in which registered physicians record such information as patient dosage and amounts. This prescription would be taken to a dispensing organization to be filled.
Patients and their caregivers are permitted use and have low-THC cannabis for medical purposes as permitted by prescription. Medical cannabis must be purchased from a dispensary in accordance with prescription. Patients must be diagnosed with intractable epilepsy.
SB 399 allows certified neurologists qualified in treating epilepsy to write a prescription for low-THC cannabis to patients with intractable epilepsy.
The State of Medical Marijuana in Texas