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Charlotte's Web Glitch Bill Scheduled for Hearing - Advocates want more THC

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 03/31/2015 - 08:00

Growers and patient advocates used court challenges to force the Legislature to revisit a medicinal marijuana law approved last session. Tuesday they get another chance at convincing lawmakers to increase the allowable level of THC in medicinal oil authorized for use in Florida  by the Compassionate Medicinal Cannabis Act of 2014.

A Charlotte’s Web fix approved without an amendment last week by one Senate panel is on Tuesday’s agenda of a Health Policy Committee meeting. SPB 7066 addresses the concerns many believe drove the lawsuits against a proposed rule for a medicinal marijuana industry. It increases the number of licenses available to grow marijuana, provides a shield to protect testing laboratories and growers’ banking relationships from federal law and increases the number of illnesses eligible to be treated with cannabis oil.

However, it does not address THC levels, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that produces the “high” but research indicates relieves pain...

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