Lubbock, TX Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Recreational
- Illegal statewide
- Medical Program
- TCUP Ch. 487
- THC Cap
- 1.0% low-THC
- Licensed Dispensaries
- 3 statewide
- CBD Retail
- Hemp allowed
Summary
Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas. The Compassionate Use Program licenses a small number of dispensing organizations statewide for low-THC medical cannabis. No TCUP licensed dispensary currently operates within Lubbock city limits.
Sec. 487.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. An applicant for a license to operate as a dispensing organization is eligible for the license if:(1) as determined by the department, the applicant possesses:(A) the technical and technological ability to cultivate and produce low-THC cannabis;(B) the ability to secure:(i) the resources and personnel necessary to operate as a dispensing organization; and(ii) premises reasonably located to allow patients listed on the compassionate-use registry access to the organization through existing infrastructure; ... and(D) the financial ability to maintain operations for not less than two years from the date of application.
Full Breakdown
Texas does not have legal recreational cannabis. The Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), under TX Health and Safety Code Chapter 487 and administered by the Department of Public Safety, licenses a limited number of dispensing organizations (currently three) to cultivate, process, and dispense low-THC cannabis (originally 0.5% THC, expanded to 1.0% THC by 2023 legislation) to patients with qualifying conditions including epilepsy, PTSD, cancer, autism, and terminal illness. Dispensing organizations may deliver to patients statewide and may operate satellite pickup locations. Lubbock has no local ordinance authorizing recreational dispensaries because they are state-illegal. Zoning for a TCUP satellite location would require compliance with standard pharmacy or medical use zoning. CBD retailers selling federally compliant hemp (under 0.3% delta-9 THC) are allowed as general retail.
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