Florida Lawmakers Look At Medical Marijuana Bill
MIAMI(CBSMiami/ NSF) — A Senate panel is taking up a bill this week that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana.
All this as lawmakers continue to grapple with whether to go beyond a 2014 law that approved a limited form of cannabis.
The Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled Thursday to take up the bill (SB 460), sponsored by Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, that would allow marijuana for patients with terminal conditions.
A similar House bill (HB 307), sponsored by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, and Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, has been approved by one House panel and is pending in the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee.
The bills come as the state continues trying to move forward with a 2014 law that allows types of non-euphoric cannabis for certain patients.
The law was pushed by parents of children who have severe...
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