Time Running Out For Florida Legislatures To Decide On How To Implement Medical Marijuana
By Sunshine State News // April 16, 2017
Only 3 weeks remain until session ends for year
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (SUNSHINE STATE NEWS) – Two proposals to regulate Florida’s marijuana industry continue to weave their way through the halls of the Florida Capitol but there’s still a long way to go for lawmakers to reach any sort of agreement on how to move forward with medical pot in the Sunshine State.
With three weeks remaining until legislators say “sine die,” pound the gavel and head home for the year, state lawmakers will need to concur over a handful of issues revolving around implementing medical marijuana, from the number of licenses, how patients will ingest the drug and how doctors will prescribe the medication.
The battle over the future of medical marijuana has been one of the most contentious and highly publicized of the 2017 legislative session.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services is set to hear the Senate bill, SB 406, sponsored by Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, next week.
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Bradley’s bill is seen as a less restrictive proposal and would increase the cap on the number of marijuana dispensaries, expanding the number of businesses by five more when the state has 250,000 patients, 350,000 patients, 400,000 patients and then every 100,000 thereafter.
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