A Texas-licensed physician registered with the state can evaluate you for a low-THC cannabis prescription. No card, no state fee — and plain talk about the state lines next door.
The Texas Compassionate Use Program is administered by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
With a Texas-licensed physician registered in the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas (CURT).
In person or, with many registered physicians, by telemedicine — helpful across the Panhandle's distances.
If you qualify and benefits outweigh risks, it goes into CURT. You don't register yourself.
Order from a DPS-licensed dispensing organization for delivery or pickup, with a government photo ID.
No card and no state fee — Texas keeps your prescription in the registry instead.
Amarillo sits closer to New Mexico and Oklahoma than to Dallas. Their cannabis laws are very different from Texas's, and that matters.
Adult-use cannabis is legal in New Mexico, but bringing it back into Texas is illegal under Texas law — and crossing state lines with cannabis violates federal law.
Oklahoma's medical program is its own system. A Texas prescription isn't a license there, and Oklahoma purchases can't legally come back to Texas.
Your prescription is filled only by Texas-licensed dispensing organizations, and it's valid under Texas law only.
General information only, not legal advice.
Many Panhandle residents ask about this before starting. Here's what's clear, and where to get advice.
According to DPS, participating in the Compassionate Use Program doesn't by itself disqualify you from a Texas License to Carry.
The federal firearms purchase form asks about marijuana use and warns that marijuana remains illegal under federal law, regardless of state law.
If you own or plan to buy firearms, talk with a firearms attorney before starting. General information only, not legal advice.
House Bill 46, effective September 1, 2025, set today's rules.
A condition listed in Texas law, plus a physician's determination that benefits outweigh risks. Highlighted conditions were added in 2025.
See the DPS program pages for the official list.
The nearest verified pickup site, with scheduled pickup when you order online. Delivery to the Panhandle varies by dispensing organization, so check each company's coverage for your address.
See the DPS dispensing organizations page for all licensees.
The second-largest canyon in the country, just southeast of town, with scenic drives and easy canyon-floor trails.
“I'd heard folks just drive to Clovis. Knowing that's illegal to bring back made the Texas program the right call for me.”
— Dale W., Amarillo“I'm a hunter, so I appreciated the honest note about federal firearms rules. I talked to an attorney first.”
— Ray C., CanyonNo. Your physician enters your prescription in the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas.
No. Texas doesn't require patients to register or pay the state. Physician and product costs are separate.
You can't legally bring it back. Possession outside TCUP is illegal in Texas, and crossing state lines violates federal law.
DPS says TCUP doesn't by itself disqualify you from a License to Carry, but federal firearms law is separate. Talk to an attorney.
No. Hemp-derived retail products are regulated separately and aren't part of TCUP.
On the Texas Department of Public Safety's Compassionate Use Program pages.
Amarillo is the largest city in the Texas Panhandle, where historic Route 66 runs through the Sixth Avenue district and the tailfin cars of Cadillac Ranch stand in a field west of town. Palo Duro Canyon lies just to the southeast, and West Texas A&M is next door in Canyon. Amarillo residents follow the same statewide rules as every Texan in the Compassionate Use Program.
TCUP operates under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 169 and Health and Safety Code Chapter 487. The Texas Department of Public Safety runs the registry and licenses dispensing organizations, and House Bill 46 expanded the program in 2025.
Texas has no adult-use market, smoking remains prohibited, and cannabis remains illegal under federal law. See the DPS program pages for current rules.
Appointments with Texas-licensed physicians registered in CURT.