Harris County has no cannabis buffer-zone rules because Texas does not license recreational dispensaries. The state Compassionate Use Program issued only three medical dispensers statewide, all subject to Texas DPS site standards rather than local school or park buffer ordinances.
Buffer-zone ordinances limiting cannabis retail near schools, parks, daycares, or churches do not exist in Harris County because Texas Health and Safety Code chapter 481 still treats recreational marijuana as a controlled substance and only the Compassionate Use Program under chapter 487 licenses cannabis dispensaries. Texas DPS issued three dispensing organizations statewide, none located in Harris County. Texas DPS rules in 37 Texas Administrative Code chapter 12 govern security and siting of those facilities, not local buffer zones. CBD and consumable hemp retailers under Health and Safety Code chapter 443 face no buffer requirements. Harris County is preempted from creating cannabis buffer rules absent a state recreational market.
No county buffer-zone violation exists. Operating a recreational cannabis business near a school is a state-jail felony or higher under Health and Safety Code 481, with enhanced penalties for drug-free zone offenses under section 481.134.
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