Bill Text: TX HR2217 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging Congress to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of "marijuana."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-17 - Referred to Public Health [HR2217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2217-Introduced.html
85R30747 RMA-D | ||
By: Isaac | H.R. No. 2217 |
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WHEREAS, Cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants (CRP) are | ||
recognized as important components in treatment for countless | ||
patients; however, these substances have been banned at the federal | ||
level by the Controlled Substances Act because they are included | ||
under the definition of "marijuana"; and | ||
WHEREAS, Cannabidiol is a substance derived from Cannabis | ||
sativa L., a CRP with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of | ||
not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the 84th Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 339, | ||
which allowed physicians to prescribe low-THC cannabis to patients | ||
diagnosed with intractable epilepsy, was signed into law by | ||
Governor Greg Abbott, who at the time emphasized that low-THC | ||
cannabis does not produce the high associated with smoking | ||
marijuana and that permitting the substance should not be viewed as | ||
a precursor to a broader legalization of marijuana; the bill, | ||
commonly known as the "Texas Compassionate Use Act," noted that the | ||
administration of cannabidiol by means other than smoking has been | ||
the only successful treatment of seizures for many patients with | ||
epilepsy; and | ||
WHEREAS, While marijuana is prohibited under the Controlled | ||
Substances Act, evidence suggests that using an extract of | ||
cannabidiol from CRPs is a remarkably safe option in providing | ||
relief for individuals afflicted by seizures caused by epilepsy; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to | ||
amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude cannabidiol and | ||
cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of "marijuana"; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the house forward official | ||
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |