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Texas public safety officials have tentatively approved a dozen cannabis providers to join the state’s expanding medical marijuana program. It’s a major step in broadening access to medical cannabis after lawmakers voted last year to grow the system from three licensed operators to as many as 15, state officials said.
The companies selected span nearly every corner of Texas, from the Dallas area and the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley and West Texas, reflecting what supporters hope will become an expansive statewide network. The 12 providers chosen to move forward in the final approval process include four companies added since December. That’s when the Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the “Compassionate Use Program,” released an initial list of nine conditionally approved applicants.
When finalized, the licenses will allow the companies, many of them Texas-based, to grow, manufacture, store and sell medical cannabis across the state.
“DPS will request additional information from these businesses and will not invoice any dispensing organization license fees until the additional due diligence evaluations are completed and passed,” DPS officials said in a statement.
Read more at The Dallas Morning News
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