A Texas-licensed physician registered with the state can evaluate you — or your child — for a low-THC cannabis prescription. There's no card and no state fee.
The Texas Compassionate Use Program is administered by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A Texas-licensed physician registered in the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas (CURT) evaluates the patient, in person or, with many registered physicians, by telemedicine.
If the condition qualifies and benefits outweigh risks, the physician enters a low-THC prescription into CURT.
The patient or legal guardian fills it through a DPS-licensed dispensing organization, by pickup or delivery.
No card, no state fee. Texas doesn't issue medical cannabis cards, and patients don't pay the state to participate.
Texas's program began in 2015 for children and adults with intractable epilepsy, and today epilepsy, seizure disorders, and autism are all on the list. Here's how it works for minors.
Texas law allows registered physicians to prescribe for patients under 18 when the child has a qualifying condition.
For a minor, the physician records the parent or legal guardian's name and the last five digits of their Social Security number in CURT.
The patient or legal guardian can fill the prescription at any licensed dispensing organization.
Texas law exempts registered patients and their legal guardians from state possession charges for prescribed low-THC cannabis.
Summarized from the DPS Patient FAQ. Bring your child's medical records, and keep their specialist informed.
House Bill 46, effective September 1, 2025, set today's rules.
A condition listed in Texas law, plus a physician's determination that benefits outweigh risks.
See the DPS program pages for the official list.
According to DPS, the patient or legal guardian provides the following when filling a prescription.
For the patient, or for the legal guardian picking up.
As it appears in the registry.
Used to match the prescription.
Used to confirm the registry record.
Texas's three operating dispensing organizations — Texas Original, goodblend, and Fluent — deliver across much of the Dallas area, with coverage varying by company. Texas Original's satellite location in Plano is the nearest verified pickup site.
Current licensees are listed on the DPS dispensing organizations page.
Shaded woodland trails along Spring Creek in north Garland — a quiet, easy walk for the whole family.
“Our son's neurologist wasn't registered. The physician here reviewed his seizure history carefully, and I pick up his prescription myself.”
— Linh N., Garland“Chronic pain made the 2025 list. The visit was by video, and delivery was simple.”
— Robert H., GarlandNo. The prescription lives in the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas, and dispensing organizations verify it there.
Yes. A legal guardian recorded in the registry can fill the prescription with ID and the patient's identifying details.
No. Texas doesn't require patients to register or pay the state. The physician's fee and product costs are separate.
Yes. The registry allows one prescribing physician at a time, so the previous physician ends the relationship in CURT first.
No. Hemp-derived retail products are regulated separately and aren't part of TCUP.
On the Texas Department of Public Safety's Compassionate Use Program pages.
Garland stretches from the western shore of Lake Ray Hubbard to its historic downtown square and Plaza Theatre, with Firewheel Town Center to the north and Spring Creek Forest Preserve's woodland trails. It's one of the most diverse cities in North Texas, including a large Vietnamese American community. Garland residents follow the same statewide rules as every Texan in the Compassionate Use Program.
TCUP operates under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 169 and Health and Safety Code Chapter 487. The Texas Department of Public Safety runs the registry and licenses dispensing organizations, and House Bill 46 expanded the program in 2025.
Texas has no adult-use market, smoking remains prohibited, and cannabis remains illegal under federal law. See the DPS program pages for current rules.
Appointments with Texas-licensed physicians registered in CURT.