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Bill Would Grant Terminally Ill Floridians Access to Medical Marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 08:45

Poll numbers suggest that Florida's march to medical marijuana is inevitably, but it sure is taken a long time to get there. Sure, lawmakers approved non-smokable and non-euphoric "Charlotte's Web" medicinal marijuana for a narrow slice of patients back in 2014, but so far the state has stalled on actually getting that medicine into people's hands. 

Now, two Republican lawmakers have announced they've filed a bill that would allow another narrow segment of patients access to medical marijuana of all strengths and types.  

Florida recently passed the "Right to Try" act, which allowed terminally ill patients access to experimental medications and treatments that have passed phase one of an FDA clinical trial but are not yet approved and available for wide use. State Rep. Matt Gaetz and state Sen. Rob Bradley have announced that they'll file bills that would add marijuana to that bill. 

Unlike the Charlotte's Web bill,...

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