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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Florida Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill 🌿Florida Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill
A bill expanding medical marijuana now heads to the governor, after state lawmakers spent hours debating the merits of the proposal.
The state Senate voted 28-11 to approve a bill (HB 307) that expands the Right to Try Act to include medical marijuana. Among other things, the bill allows eligible patients — defined as someone with one year left to live — can purchase medical marijuana from dispensing organizations.
Under the proposal, licensed organizations can grow and distribute medical marijuana — not just the low-THC products authorized under the 2014 Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act — to terminally ill patients.
While the bill aims to give relief to more people in need, many lawmakers focused on the regulatory framework outlined in the bill.
“We’re too focused on legality and procedures,” said Sen. Charlie Dean, an Inverness Republican. “We need to focus on helping children.”
The bill, sponsored by Fleming...
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