Regulators had anticipated launching adult-use sales in early 2025, but the rollout faced numerous delays.
Year: 2025
NORML Summer ’25 Intern Lucy Kaplan shares her reasons for joining the NORML Internship program.
NORML has always represented responsible cannabis consumers, and it’s you who can help us win this fight.
“The Commission’s decision is not only a slap in the face to voters, it is also bad public policy.”
“Cannabis consumers are not ATMs. As lawmakers continue to push marijuana prices artificially higher, many consumers will exit the legal market — resulting in lower overall tax revenue and weakening the legal, regulated marketplace.”
In the struggle for cannabis legalization, one essential thread is often overlooked: the deep historical alliance between LGBTQIA+ activists and the marijuana reform movement.
Unlike alcohol (which is readily available in a variety of potencies, including highly-potent formulations like grain alcohol and absinthe), THC is incapable of causing lethal overdose — regardless of its potency or the quantity consumed.
The new law opens the Texas Compassionate Use Program to include those suffering from chronic pain and other newly eligible conditions. It also expands the variety of cannabis formulations that patients possess and significantly increases the total number of state-licensed dispensaries that can operate in the state.