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Medical marijuana in Texas: An uphill battle

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By Alex Halperin
01/15/2021 06:40 PM GMT-0700
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Everything’s big in Texas, except the cannabis market. 

While industry operators salivate at the prospect of finding a foothold in the country’s second most populous state, there are many reasons why the Lone Star state could be a tough business climate for years to come. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed legal MED into law in 2015, but six years later, the state only has what Entourage Effect Capital managing partner (and Dallas native) Matt Hawkins called a “sliver of legality.” 

It may be the . . .

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