Spring - Klein Edition | June 2025

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BY HANNAH NORTON

BY JOVANNA AGUILAR

Medical cannabis program to expand

Video Game Theater Join City Place for a gaming event featuring consoles for players of all ages and skill levels. • June 22, noon-2 p.m. • Free (admission) • 1250 Lake Plaza Drive, Spring • www.cityplacenow.com Painting with Pam Learn painting skills at the Barbara Bush Branch Library. An instructor will teach patrons how to paint a pre-traced painting themed for the library’s summer reading program. • June 26, 6-7:45 p.m. • Free • 6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring • www.hcpl.net Summer BBQ hangout Join MRT Optimal Fitness for a barbecue featuring chicken wings, sausage, music and games. • June 28, noon-4 p.m. • Free (admission) • 4033 Kreinhop Road, Ste. 200, Spring • www.mrtoptimalitness.com

Another perspective

June

‘Art Unleashed’ The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is holding an interactive exhibition during normal hours of operation.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made outlawing all other consumable THC products one of his signature priorities this legislative session. He told journalists May 28 that Senate Bill 3, the proposed THC ban, would “save an entire generation [from] being hooked on drugs,” accusing those against the ban of being prot-motivated. Earlier in May, House members said the consumable THC ban proposed by SB 3 would close a “loophole” state lawmakers inadvertently created in 2019, when they legalized hemp sales in an attempt to boost the agricultural industry. After House lawmakers passed SB 3 in mid-May, the Texas Hemp Business Council, which advocates for hemp retailers, launched a petition urging the governor to veto the bill. If SB 3 becomes law, it would “harm veterans, senior citizens, patients and consumers across the state,” according to the petition.

Texas senators voted May 27 to expand eligibility for low-THC medical cannabis prescriptions, putting the state on track to build out an existing program that some Texans have said does not currently help enough people. The bill’s nal details will be determined behind closed doors, House members announced May 30. House Bill 46 would increase the conditions eligible for Texas’ Compassionate Use Program and allow doctors to begin prescribing aerosol and vaporized medical cannabis products, such as inhalers and vaping devices. The bill would allow 12 medical cannabis dispensaries to operate in Texas, up from three under current law. Licensed dispensaries would have the option to create satellite locations to store medication. Medical cannabis providers must currently house all their operations and store products in a single location. This means providers and patients

“The law that we operate under says that we have to provide reasonable access to patients across Texas, and our regulations are not allowing us to do that.” NICO RICHARDSON, CEO, TEXAS ORIGINAL DISPENSARY

• Through Aug. 30 • Free (admission) • 6815 Cypresswood Drive, Spring • www.pearlmfa.org

Block Party Magic Show Enjoy a magic show at the Barbara Bush Branch Library. • June 20, 2-3 p.m. • Free • 6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring • www.hcpl.net Houston Food Bank distribution Kinsmen Lutheran Church is recruiting volunteers to help distribute food to the community through the Houston Food Bank. • June 21, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. • Free • 12100 Champion Forest Drive, Houston • www.kinsmenlutheran.org

The Fun Bus Children ages 18 months-7 years are invited to join The Fun Bus, a mobile gym with an instructor leading games, an obstacle course and themed activities. • July 6, 9-11 a.m. • Free • 1250 Lake Plaza Drive, Spring • www.cityplacenow.com

often drive hours to transport and pick up medication, said Nico Richardson, CEO of the dispensary Texas Original. Additionally, legislation that would ban the possession, sale and manufacture of all other hemp-derived THC products in Texas was sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk May 27.

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