College Station, TX Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Brazos County and College Station have no zoning category for a marijuana dispensary because Texas criminalizes marihuana possession and delivery statewide under Chapter 481 of the Health and Safety Code. 121 makes it an offense to knowingly or intentionally possess a usable quantity of marihuana, and the offense scales with weight: two ounces or less is a Class B misdemeanor, up to four ounces is a Class A misdemeanor, up to five pounds is a state jail felony, up to 50 pounds is a third-degree felony, up to 2,000 pounds is a second-degree felony, and anything above 2,000 pounds is a first-degree felony carrying up to 99 years and a $50,000 fine.

120 punishes delivery on the same sliding scale, from a Class B misdemeanor for giving away a quarter ounce or less up to a first-degree felony with a mandatory minimum for deliveries over 2,000 pounds. Because possessing or selling marihuana is a crime everywhere in the city, College Station has no zoning district, conditional-use permit, or distance buffer written for a marijuana dispensary: there is nothing lawful for the city to zone. The one cannabis retail model Texas allows is the Compassionate-Use Program created by Chapter 487.

105, and may sell only low-THC cannabis on a physician's prescription. 201, in the subchapter governing counties and municipalities, expressly bars College Station or Brazos County from enacting or enforcing any ordinance that prohibits the cultivation, production, storage, dispensing, or possession of low-THC cannabis authorized under the chapter. That preemption means the city could not zone a licensed low-THC dispensary out of town if one located here, though no DPS-licensed dispensing organization currently runs a storefront in Brazos County.