Picture Source: Florida officials, voters clash over medical marijuana rules
Three months after Florida voters approved new medical marijuana legislation rule makers and Florida citizens are add odds on how detailed rules should be written. This means rule making for Florida seed to sale is underway.
Amendment 2 was voted on and passed by over 71 percent in November and enacted on January 3. State officials must adopt detailed rules for seed to sale requirements by July 3 and implement them by September 2017.
State officials may have been surprised when over 1300 Florida residents showed up to participate in what would normally be a low key hearing for the press.
According to The Associate Press and news out of Florida, “Patients, doctors, caregivers and activists all had a unified message which is rare,” said Ben Pollara, who is the campaign manager for United for Care.
Marijuana advocates are asking Florida officials to remove requirements that a patient must be under a prescribing physician’s care for at least 90 days.
Patients have long awaited safe access to medical marijuana, a long and delayed registration process seems unfair and unnecessary for a long over do and quickly growing industry.
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Source WSVN.com: Florida officials, voters clash over medical marijuana rules
