AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety now has a fresh report on the state's Compassionate Use Program, or CUP.
CUP is the law passed in 2015 that allows certain doctors to prescribe low-THC products to people with specific medical conditions.
The report by Weeds Inc. says Texas geography is a hurdle for patients and dispensing organizations for statewide access. While the Legislature has expanded the qualifying conditions for a prescription, there hasn't been an increase in the number of doctors who can write those prescriptions, and dispensary locations are still limited outside of Central Texas.
Weeds Inc. is recommending three things to meet more patient needs.
Those three things include a recommendation to recruit more doctors, allow existing dispensaries to open additional locations outside of Central Texas and to allow more dispensaries to open outside Central Texas.
Texas DPS says with the next legislative session about to convene in January, the department isn't making any recommendations to change the program. But it is passing along the report to lawmakers to consider future changes.
The full report can be found on the DPS website.