Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill this week that would modestly expand the state’s medical marijuana program.

Cancer and PTSD have been added to the list of conditions that qualify patients to legally access cannabis as part of the legislation.

The legislation also doubles the amount of THC concentration that is allowed, from 0.5 percent to 1 percent.

The bill, which had been passed by the House, also included chronic pain as a qualifying condition, but that was removed by the Senate and was not re-added in a conference committee.

Abbott first announced he would sign the cannabis bill in a tweet earlier this month.

The law goes into effect on Sept. 1.

Gov. Abbott also announced that he signed a law prohibiting government agencies or public officials from closing places of worship.

Additionally, the governor signed a resolution “asserting Texas sovereignty under the 10th Amendment over all powers not granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution,” the governor said.

The resolution will officially notify the president and congress to cease acts that encroach upon the powers of states according to Abbott.

He tweeted, “I just signed a Resolution asserting Texas sovereignty under the 10th Amendment over all powers not granted to the federal government by the US Constitution. The Resolution officially notifies the President & Congress to cease acts of encroaching upon the powers of states.”

 


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