[#item_full_content] Texas’ medical marijuana industry entered 2025’s legislative session with a clear mission: to expand access for patients in need and to rein in a loosely regulated hemp market that threatens its survival. While lawmakers passed House Bill 46, which loosens some operational restrictions for the state’s Compassionate Use Program, Governor Greg Abbott’s recent veto of a bill to restrict hemp-derived THC has complicated that progress. Now, medical cannabis dispensaries are warning that without stricter hemp regulations, their own viability is at stake. Read More