Changes proposed for state's medical marijuana law
Florida lawmakers passed the so-called Charlotte's Web medical marijuana law two years ago -- but to date nobody has been helped.
That may change under a bill filed for the 2016 legislative session that would remove the limit on the number of growers and expand the number of diseases that qualify for use to include HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease, or any terminal illness. Only cancer patients and seizure sufferers qualify now.
The current law has been bogged down in red tape from the Department of Health as well as litigation from nursery owners trying to position themselves as one of only five cannabis growers in the state.
Charlotte's Web takes its name from a strain of marijuana low in THC, the chemical that produces a high. Low-THC strains --thought to provide relief to children who suffer from epilepsy and other conditions that cause seizures...
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