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• A limited, low T-H-C form of medical marijuana has been available in Florida since 2014, when Gov. Rick Scott signed the Compassionate Medical Use Act, also known as Charlotte’s Web, for epileptic and terminally ill patients. But in November Florida voters passed Amendment Two, which will expand medical marijuana.
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• Nurseries passed over to grow Florida’s medical marijuana have until 5 o’clock this evening to sue the Florida Department of Health.
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• More lawsuits were filed today challenging the Florida’s award of medical marijuana licenses
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• Florida is one of 23 states with laws that allow patients to access medical marijuana. The so-called Charlotte’s Web law was enacted last year, allowing some patients- including those who suffer from seizures- access to low THC medical marijuana. But more than a year on, those patients still haven’t been able to use the drug. So what’s the hold up?
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• From Charlotte’s Web to Right To Try: Where Florida stands on medical marijuana, and what 2016 has in store.
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• Florida approved five growers of medical marijuana: But when will patients be able to access the drug?
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• The Florida Department of Health has 90 days to decide who can grow medical marijuana in Florida. As of late yesterday, 24 nurseries put in 28 applications for five licenses to grow low-THC medical marijuana.
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• Starting next week, Florida lawmakers will consider expanding a law that would allow doctors in Florida to prescribe medical marijuana.
But Senate President Andy Gardiner says the path legalizing medical marijuana during the sixty-day legislative session looks hazy.
90.7’s Renata Sago has more.
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• While we all sit on our hands and wait to see if either the legislature or the general-election voting public in 2016 will actually legalize medicinal marijuana, the wayward weaving of the already approved Charlotte’s Web strain of cannabis – the legislature approved the low-THC for children in 2014 – continues to be a source of regulatory confusion. At issue, beyond the fact that only five nurseries will be allowed to cultivate and dispense the medicine in Florida, is the fact that the law doesn’t mitigate the differences between state and federal laws on illegal drugs. Last week, according to political website Saint Petersblog, Director of the Office of Compassionate Use Patricia Nelson negotiated for a mind-numbing 25 hours with …
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• Florida health officials are back to the drawing board with a plan to regulate medical marijuana growers.
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