The codeword spread fast, and more than 50 years later, stoners everywhere light a joint and soar into another realm on the twentieth day in April.
Nowadays, celebratory partakers aren’t limited to smoking weed. Actually, weed, or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or another similar variant, is available in almost any format. To the chagrin of Texas smokers, recreational weed isn’t legal despite grand efforts, but the state does have a form of legalized weed; you’ll just need a prescription first.
Legal Texas Weed
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill in 2015 launching the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), which allows people with certain chronic conditions to obtain a prescription for low-dose THC products. Some of the conditions eligible for a prescription are seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, autism, terminal cancer and incurable neurodegenerative diseases.THC is the chemical component extracted from marijuana plants that is chiefly responsible for the euphoric feeling associated with weed. To obtain a medical marijuana prescription, patients must see a TCUP-registered physician and be logged in a registry. Patients do not have to be above the age of 18 to receive a prescription.
“Texas really does it uniquely different than any other state,” Daryoush Austin Zamhariri, a store manager at one of the only doctor-owned spots that serve TCUP patients, Thrive Apothecary in Fort Worth, told the Observer in May of 2024. “They really do treat it like it’s any other medication that a doctor’s writing a prescription for.”
Where To Get Medical Marijuana Prescriptions and Products In North Texas
Texas Original Texas Original is a chain of dispensaries dispersed across North Texas, with locations in Hurst, Plano, Frisco, Dallas and Fort Worth. The facility has grown, harvested and distributed medical marijuana since 2018. They do not prescribe it.
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This dispensary, with locations in Fort Worth, Colleyville and Plano, offers medical marijuana to those with a prescription, but also offers THC-infused products for those who don’t have one. They cannot write prescriptions.
Thrive Apothecary
Thrive Apothecary, in Fort Worth, is the state's only one-stop shop for all THC products. The boutique retail shop has a large supply of THC products, but also has a team of licensed physicians who can write a medical marijuana prescription on the spot.
Lonestar Cannabis Clinic
Lonestar Cannabis Clinic was the first doctor-led facility that specialized in cannabis in Dallas. The clinic offers telemedicine appointments. If patients do not qualify for a medical marijuana prescription, the appointment is free of charge.
Texas Cannabis Clinic
Texas Cannabis Clinic specializes in telehealth appointments to get medical marijuana-seeking patients the help they need.
Angelic Lift
Angelic Lift, with an office on Preston Road, is headed by three female licensed physicians and is one of the only women-owned marijuana clinics in North Texas.
The Grassroots Clinic: Medical Marijuana Doctor
This clinic, located in Uptown, was founded by a team of physicians who spent most of their practicing years unable to prescribe medical marijuana. Now the team offers comprehensive care to qualifying patients.
