Could Texas be the next player in the cannabis legalization game?
Marijuana Policy Project is focusing efforts in the Lone Star State
In 2015, the Texas Legislature did what few people thought would ever happen — they approved the state’s first medical marijuana law, albeit very limited in scope. While the law is only for cannabidiol (CBD) oil and only for those patients suffering from a rare form of epilepsy.
While cannabis proponents say the law hardly makes a dent in full legalization of the total plant, they admit that it’s a start in the right direction — a direction they plan to keep steering lawmakers toward in the next state legislative session, starting in January.
Heather Fazio is the political director for the Marijuana Policy Project, the group behind the push to legalized cannabis, in all forms, in Texas. She tells the San Antonio Current that legislators can’t ignore the fact that Texans are moving to states, such as Colorado, to receive medicines deemed illegal in their home state.
“There are families uprooting from Texas, where they want to live, because they can’t treat their children here,” Fazio told us. “We think we can convince the Legislature that that shouldn’t be happening.”
