Texas House approves bills to expand medical marijuana program and import certain medications.

The Texas House has approved a bill that would expand eligibility for the state's medical marijuana program to include people who suffer from chronic pain. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, would allow patients who suffer from chronic pain that would normally warrant an opioid prescription to be eligible for a 10-milligram dosage of cannabis, per their doctor. Texans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), autism, ALS, cancer, and epilepsy already qualify under the program. The bill will now head to the Senate.