Open A Dispensary In Texas - Dispensary Permits Cannabis Consulting and Templates

Status: In Texas, only medically qualified individuals may possess or use CBD oil. State licensed businesses are allowed to dispense, cultivate and process low THC marijuana.

CBD Program	Medical Program	Recreational Program	Are Applications Open?
Legal	Not legal	Not legal	closed

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Number of Texas Licenses Available

Dispensaries	Cultivation	Manufacturing/Processing	Transportation
3	3	3	3

Every state has different marijuana laws- they are regulated by state, not federal law. Some states allow marijuana for recreational and medical use, some states only allow medical use, and some only allow certain low THC products for medical use. Most states limit the number of licenses they will grant and the window to apply for them. Getting licenced is never simple- there are very specific requirements and guidelines that differ by state and its usually highly competitive, which is why most successful applicants work with consultants like Dispensary Permits to help guide them. We highly advise you read the guidelines below thoroughly and then consider working with a consultant or using our templates and guides.
You can read the full text of the Texas law at: capitol.state.tx.us

Texas Medical Marijuana Dispensary Application Guidelines

Medical Marijuana Businesses:
The bill required the Department to license at least three dispensing organizations by Sept. 1, 2017. The license will authorize the organizations to cultivate, process and dispense low-THC cannabis to prescribed patients. The department accepted applications for dispensing organization licenses from March 1, 2017, through March 31, 2017. The department received 43 applications and has since awarded licenses to the top 3 scoring applicants.

Program details and timeline in relation to licensing applications:

SB 339 passed on June 1, 2015
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will license at least three dispensing organizations
The Compassionate Use Program Proposed Administrative Rules was published on Sept 18, 2015
DPS will be accepting applications for marijuana business licenses until March 31st, 2017
License winners announced in April of 2017

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The History of Texas Marijuana

On June 1, 2015, Gov. Greg Abbot signed SB 339– a limited medical marijuana bill- into law. Known as the Texas Compassionate Use Act, it is intended to allow some qualifying patients to access “low-THC cannabis,” marijuana that contains 10% or more cannabidiol (“CBD) and not more than 0.5% tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”). Intractable epilepsy is the only condition that qualifies. Intractable epilepsy is defined as a seizure disorder in which the patient’s seizures have been treated by two or more appropriately chosen and maximally titrated antiepileptic drugs that have failed to control the seizures.

The Texas Department of Public Safety was tasked to develop the administrative rules for the program which includes the requirements for state-regulated businesses known as “dispensing organizations” to cultivate, process, and distribute low-THC cannabis.

In 2017, H.B 2107, a bill to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program failed to pass, but was introduced by Senator Eddie Lucio III refiled H.B 2107 for Texas’ Special Session to be reconsidered for legalization.

In 2017, the first licenses to dispense, cultivate, or process marijuana to fulfill the 2015 Compassionate Care Law were granted.