Texans who suffer from chronic pain and potentially other debilitating conditions would be able to access the state’s medical marijuana program under a bill approved by the Texas House. | via TexasTribune
An engineer at Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation in South Austin tests for impurities on April 30, 2021.
The bill would allow doctors to prescribe 10 milligram doses of cannabis for chronic pain cases that might normally call for an opioid pain management prescription. Some conditions that could cause such pain would include Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. As research has expanded in the area of low-THC medical marijuana, currently delivered to patients in mostly tincture oils and gummies, Texas lawmakers have been in favor of expanding access to the program, Klick said.
Several said they knew of other veterans in tremendous pain who were not in the program and for whom opioids were not an option, so they obtained their cannabis through illegal channels. “I’m truly fortunate to have access to legal quality medical cannabis, which has ultimately been the key to bettering my life,” he added.
The change means that patients don’t have to ingest large quantities of oil or other non-THC substances in order to make it legal, which Klick said would reduce gastrointestinal issues in patients and allow them to more efficiently take the treatment. “It makes a lot more sense for the industry, and it’s how all the other markets do it,” Richardson said.
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