9 Texas marijuana dispensaries considered for licenses in medical program expansion

OG article by Amber Kite

December 2 2025

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has conditionally selected nine businesses for Phase I of expanding the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) by adding 12 new low-THC cannabis dispensing licenses statewide, as authorized by House Bill 46, with three more to be named by April 2026. These organizations, located in regions including the Texas Panhandle (Trulieve TX, Inc.), North Texas (Texas Patient Access, LLC; Lonestar Compassionate Care Group, LLC; Dilatso, LLC), South East Texas (PC TX OPCO LLC dba PharmaCann; Story of Texas, LLC), South Central Texas (Lone Star Bioscience, Inc.), West Texas (Verano Texas, LLC), and South Texas (Texa OP, dba TexaRx), must pass financial, legal, and disciplinary due diligence for final approval, as DPS stated: "The announcement...does not guarantee...final TCUP licenses." TCUP, established by Senate Bill 339 in 2015, allows prescriptions for qualifying conditions like cancer, PTSD, epilepsy, MS, ALS, autism, spasticity, and newly added chronic pain (severe pain over 90 days), Crohn's disease, TBI, and terminal illnesses for Texas residents, with DPS ensuring compliance via inspections. Patient numbers in the Compassionate Use Registry grew from 105,493 in January to 127,206 by September 2025.