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Cannabis Regulations in Texas (2026)

128 rules on the books across Texas, 57 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Home Cultivation

Rules for growing cannabis plants at home, including plant count limits, indoor vs. outdoor growing, and visibility and odor requirements.

Texas: statewide

StatewideHeavy Restrictions

Texas Health & Safety Code 481.121 makes it a crime to possess or grow marijuana anywhere in the state. Home…

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Converse

Heavy Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in Converse and throughout Texas. Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481…

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Dallas County

Heavy Restrictions

Cannabis home cultivation is illegal in Texas. TX HSC Chapter 481 classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance. No…

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Denton

Heavy Restrictions

Cannabis home cultivation is illegal in Denton and all of Texas. TX Health and Safety Code Ch. 481 classifies marijuana…

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Killeen

Heavy Restrictions

Growing marijuana at home in Killeen is not a protected activity; Texas Health and Safety Code Sec. 481.121…

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Midland

Heavy Restrictions

Texas has no legal home-grow exemption for marijuana, and Midland is bound entirely by state law: Health and Safety…

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Grand Prairie

Some Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is illegal in Grand Prairie and throughout Texas. The Texas Controlled Substances Act prohibits…

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Humble

Some Restrictions

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Humble and throughout Texas. Texas law classifies marijuana as a Schedule I…

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McKinney

Some Restrictions

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal in McKinney under Texas state law. TX Health and Safety Code §481.121 classifies…

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Plano

Some Restrictions

Cannabis remains illegal under Texas state law. Home cultivation of marijuana is a felony in Texas regardless of the…

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Bexar County

Light Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal anywhere in Texas, including Bexar County, regardless of quantity…

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Carrollton

Light Restrictions

Carrollton prohibits home cannabis cultivation. State law does not permit recreational or medical marijuana growing…

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Harris County

Light Restrictions

Growing marijuana at home is illegal in Texas regardless of jurisdiction. Harris County follows state law: cultivation…

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La Porte

Light Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is illegal in Texas. La Porte follows state law, which prohibits growing marijuana plants for any…

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Mcallen

Light Restrictions

Mcallen prohibits home cannabis cultivation. State law does not permit recreational or medical marijuana growing…

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Tomball

Light Restrictions

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Tomball and throughout Texas. Texas law classifies marijuana as a controlled…

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Abilene

Few Restrictions

Abilene prohibits home cannabis cultivation. State law does not permit recreational or medical marijuana growing…

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Arlington

Few Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is illegal in Texas. Texas has one of the most restrictive cannabis laws in the nation. The Texas…

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Beaumont

Few Restrictions

Beaumont prohibits home cannabis cultivation. State law does not permit recreational or medical marijuana growing…

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Bellaire

Few Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is illegal in Texas, including in Bellaire. Texas has not legalized recreational or medical…

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Brownsville

Few Restrictions

Growing marijuana at home is illegal in Brownsville, and the prohibition is entirely state law. Texas prosecutes…

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Cedar Hill

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in Cedar Hill under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481, with even small…

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College Station

Few Restrictions

College Station prohibits home cannabis cultivation. State law does not permit recreational or medical marijuana…

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Corpus Christi

Few Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is illegal in Texas, including in Corpus Christi. Texas has a very limited Compassionate Use…

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Dallas

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in Texas. Texas law prohibits growing cannabis at home, and cultivation is…

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Denton County

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Denton County and throughout Texas. Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481…

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Frisco

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Frisco and throughout Texas. TX Health and Safety Code Sec. 481.120…

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Guadalupe County

Few Restrictions

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Texas, including unincorporated Guadalupe County. Possessing usable…

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Houston

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in Houston and throughout Texas. Possession of any amount of marijuana is a…

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Little Elm

Few Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is completely prohibited under TX Health and Safety Code Ch. 481. Possession of any amount is a…

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Mesquite

Few Restrictions

Cannabis cultivation is illegal in Mesquite and throughout Texas. Possession of marijuana remains a criminal offense…

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Montgomery County

Few Restrictions

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal throughout Montgomery County and Texas. Growing any amount is a state felony under…

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Richardson

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in Richardson under Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 481, with penalties…

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San Antonio

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in San Antonio under Texas state law. Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.121…

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Sugar Land

Few Restrictions

Home cultivation of marijuana is illegal in Texas, including in Sugar Land. Under the Texas Controlled Substances Act…

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Travis County

Few Restrictions

Cannabis home cultivation is illegal in Texas. TX Health & Safety Code §481.121 makes possession of any marijuana plant…

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Universal City

Few Restrictions

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal in Universal City. Texas Health and Safety Code 481 prohibits all marijuana…

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Williamson County

Few Restrictions

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Texas, including unincorporated Williamson County. Possessing usable…

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Dispensary Zoning

Where cannabis businesses may locate, the zones that allow retail, the buffer distances from schools and parks, and the cities that ban commercial cannabis activity entirely.

Texas: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 487 limits cannabis dispensing to state-licensed Compassionate Use Program…

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Abilene

Heavy Restrictions

Abilene's Land Development Code has no zoning category for marijuana dispensaries because dispensing marihuana remains…

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Beaumont

Heavy Restrictions

Marijuana possession and delivery are crimes everywhere in Texas, including Beaumont, under Health & Safety Code Sec…

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College Station

Heavy Restrictions

College Station cannot zone a marijuana dispensary of any kind because possessing any usable amount of marihuana is a…

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Denton

Heavy Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries are prohibited in Denton and statewide. Texas has not legalized recreational marijuana. Only…

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Killeen

Heavy Restrictions

Killeen's zoning ordinance has no use category for a marijuana dispensary because Texas Health and Safety Code Sec…

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Midland

Heavy Restrictions

No marijuana dispensary can legally operate in Midland: Texas Health and Safety Code Sec. 481.120 makes any delivery of…

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Montgomery County

Heavy Restrictions

Recreational and medical marijuana dispensaries are banned statewide. Only three TCUP-licensed low-THC dispensaries…

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Bellaire

Some Restrictions

Texas does not allow recreational cannabis dispensaries. The Texas Compassionate Use Program permits only a small…

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Flower Mound

Some Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries are effectively prohibited in Flower Mound. Texas allows only a limited number of licensed…

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Universal City

Some Restrictions

Recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries are prohibited throughout Texas. Only three state-licensed TCUP…

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Austin

Light Restrictions

Texas law strictly limits cannabis dispensaries to licensed Compassionate Use Program organizations dispensing low-THC…

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Carrollton

Light Restrictions

Carrollton does not permit cannabis dispensaries. State law prohibits the sale of recreational and medical marijuana…

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Collin County

Light Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are prohibited statewide. Only three TCUP licensees operate in Texas under the…

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Conroe

Light Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas. Only three licensed Compassionate Use Program dispensaries…

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Dallas

Light Restrictions

Dallas Code Chapter 51A handles hemp and CBD retail under standard commercial zoning since Texas Agriculture Code…

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Dallas County

Light Restrictions

Hemp and CBD retail in Dallas County operates under standard commercial zoning per TX Agriculture Code Chapter 122…

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Frisco

Light Restrictions

Texas authorizes only the limited Compassionate Use Program for low-THC medical cannabis, and Frisco hosts no licensed…

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Humble

Light Restrictions

Texas does not allow traditional cannabis dispensaries. Only state-licensed Compassionate Use dispensing organizations…

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Mcallen

Light Restrictions

Mcallen does not permit cannabis dispensaries. State law prohibits the sale of recreational and medical marijuana. Any…

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Allen

Few Restrictions

Recreational and medical marijuana dispensaries are prohibited in Allen because Texas does not license them. Only…

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Arlington

Few Restrictions

Texas has very limited cannabis dispensaries operating under the Compassionate Use Program (TCUP). Only state-licensed…

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Baytown

Few Restrictions

Texas does not allow traditional cannabis dispensaries. Only licensed Compassionate Use dispensing organizations may…

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Bexar County

Few Restrictions

Texas allows only state-licensed Compassionate Use low-THC providers, not recreational dispensaries. Bexar County…

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Brownsville

Few Restrictions

Brownsville has no dispensary zoning because Texas has no dispensaries to zone. The only lawful cannabis retail in…

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Cedar Hill

Few Restrictions

Recreational and medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal in Texas; only state-licensed Compassionate Use dispensing…

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Converse

Few Restrictions

Commercial marijuana dispensaries are illegal in Converse under Texas state law. Only licensed Compassionate Use…

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Corpus Christi

Few Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries are not permitted in Corpus Christi or anywhere in Texas except for licensed Compassionate Use…

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Denton County

Few Restrictions

Texas allows only three licensed Compassionate Use Program dispensing organizations statewide, and none are currently…

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DeSoto

Few Restrictions

Recreational and medical marijuana dispensaries as understood in other states do not exist in Texas and cannot operate…

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El Paso

Few Restrictions

El Paso has not adopted commercial cannabis zoning because Texas law does not authorize recreational sales. Any future…

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Euless

Few Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries cannot operate in Euless because retail sale is illegal statewide under TX Health…

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Fort Worth

Few Restrictions

Texas does not permit recreational cannabis dispensaries, so Fort Worth has no cannabis commercial zoning category…

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Garland

Few Restrictions

Texas does not permit recreational marijuana dispensaries. The state's Compassionate Use Program allows a very limited…

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Grand Prairie

Few Restrictions

No recreational cannabis dispensaries are allowed in Grand Prairie. Texas prohibits recreational marijuana sales…

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Guadalupe County

Few Restrictions

There are no marijuana dispensaries to zone in Guadalupe County; retail cannabis sale is illegal statewide. The only…

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Haltom City

Few Restrictions

Recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Haltom City under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter…

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Harris County

Few Restrictions

Harris County cannot zone for recreational cannabis because Texas allows only three medical Compassionate Use…

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Houston

Few Restrictions

Houston has no traditional zoning code, so cannabis-style commercial siting rules do not exist. Recreational cannabis…

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Irving

Few Restrictions

Texas does not permit recreational marijuana dispensaries. The state's Compassionate Use Program allows a very limited…

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Keller

Few Restrictions

Retail marijuana dispensaries are prohibited statewide under Texas Health and Safety Code 481, so none operate in…

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La Porte

Few Restrictions

Texas has extremely limited cannabis dispensary operations through the Compassionate Use Program. La Porte does not…

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Laredo

Few Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas and thus banned in Laredo. Only TX Compassionate Use Program…

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League City

Few Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries are illegal in League City and Texas. Texas only permits licensed compassionate-use dispensaries…

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Lewisville

Few Restrictions

Texas does not permit recreational cannabis dispensaries. Lewisville has no local cannabis retail zoning. Only…

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Little Elm

Few Restrictions

No cannabis dispensaries are permitted in Little Elm. Texas authorizes only three Compassionate Use dispensaries…

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Lubbock

Few Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas. The Compassionate Use Program licenses a small number of…

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Mansfield

Few Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Mansfield because Texas prohibits recreational sales. Only licensed…

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McKinney

Few Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries are prohibited in McKinney under Texas state law. Only Texas Department of Public Safety licensed…

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Mesquite

Few Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Mesquite and Texas. Licensed Compassionate Use dispensaries are…

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Pasadena

Few Restrictions

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas. Pasadena follows state law prohibiting marijuana sales. Only…

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Plano

Few Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries are not permitted in Plano or anywhere in Texas outside the very limited Compassionate Use…

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Richardson

Few Restrictions

Only state-licensed low-THC Compassionate Use dispensaries are legal in Texas; Richardson zoning does not establish…

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San Antonio

Few Restrictions

Texas has no recreational cannabis program, so San Antonio's Unified Development Code provides no commercial cannabis…

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Sugar Land

Few Restrictions

Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Texas. Sugar Land does not have dispensary zoning because recreational…

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Tomball

Few Restrictions

Texas does not permit recreational cannabis dispensaries. Only state-licensed Compassionate Use dispensing…

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Travis County

Few Restrictions

In unincorporated Travis County, no zoning ordinance governs where a cannabis dispensary can locate because Texas…

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Williamson County

Few Restrictions

There are no marijuana dispensaries to zone in Williamson County; retail cannabis sale is illegal statewide. The only…

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Buffer Zones

Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.

Personal Cultivation Limits

Maximum number of plants residents may grow at home for personal use, indoor-vs-outdoor rules, and visibility/odor mitigation requirements.

Austin

Light Restrictions

Texas prohibits personal cannabis cultivation entirely. Austin cannot authorize home grows under home-rule authority…

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Corpus Christi

Light Restrictions

Texas does not allow recreational or personal-use cannabis cultivation. Growing marijuana plants in a Corpus Christi…

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Dallas County

Light Restrictions

Texas prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation. Growing even one plant violates TX Health and Safety Code Section…

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Arlington

Few Restrictions

Texas prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation; even a single home plant violates state controlled-substances law…

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Dallas

Few Restrictions

Texas prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation. Growing even one plant violates Texas Health and Safety Code Section…

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Fort Worth

Few Restrictions

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 makes growing any marijuana plant a felony statewide. Fort Worth residents…

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Frisco

Few Restrictions

Texas law forbids any home cultivation of marijuana, and Frisco residents cannot legally grow even a single plant; only…

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Harris County

Few Restrictions

Texas Health and Safety Code section 481.121 makes any marijuana cultivation a criminal offense in Harris County. Even…

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Houston

Few Restrictions

Texas prohibits personal cannabis cultivation entirely. Houston cannot authorize home grows under home-rule authority…

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San Antonio

Few Restrictions

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation. San Antonio cannot authorize home…

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Travis County

Few Restrictions

Texas prohibits personal cannabis cultivation entirely; Travis County cannot authorize home grows because Texas Health…

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