Texas officials have taken an initial step toward implementing a law to expand the state's medical marijuana program, with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) previewing proposed rules to significantly increase the number of licensed dispensaries.
As a controversial Senate-passed bill to ban hemp THC products remains stalled in the House due to a lack of quorum during an ongoing special legislative session, DPS's regulatory chief Wayne Mueller discussed forthcoming draft rules for the medical cannabis law at a meeting before the Public Safety Commission on Thursday.
One the proposed rules are formally published in the Texas Register, which advocates expect to happen within the next week, they will still need to go through a public comment period. They must be finalized by October 1.
"We've received a lot of questions about this. We've gotten a lot of opinions about this," Mueller said at the commission meeting. "And to be perfectly frank, we've had at least some that I would describe as attempts at undue influence on which direction we need to go with this."
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