A few years after the approval of the legal medical use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil in Texas, the Department of Public Safety wants to raise business fees of selling it. CBD oil is a non-psychoactive form of cannabis made from hemp and is legal in the state only for the medical treatment of people diagnosed with intractable epilepsy.
DPS wants to raise the fee from $6,000 to $1.3 million in the first year of sales and $975,000 every year after. The department says fees would go to cover troopers to be placed at each facility that sells the oil and start a registry of businesses.
Rep. Stephanie Klick, a Republican from Fort Worth, co-authored the Compassionate Use Act which legalized the oil’s medical use.
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DPS wants to raise the fee from $6,000 to $1.3 million in the first year of sales and $975,000 every year after. The department says fees would go to cover troopers to be placed at each facility that sells the oil and start a registry of businesses.
Rep. Stephanie Klick, a Republican from Fort Worth, co-authored the Compassionate Use Act which legalized the oil’s medical use.
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