Florida's medical pot regulations may go up in smoke
Two and half years after the Florida Legislature approved medical marijuana the state and growers continue to fight in court over who is allowed to grow and sell the plant.
Two and a half years after the Florida Legislature approve medical marijuana, the state struggles to implement a regulatory structure for growing and selling of marijuana.(Photo: tvirbickis, Getty Images/iStockp)
An administrative law judge says the Florida Department of Health has made a mess of medical marijuana regulations. Judge John Van Laningham’s expected ruling in a southwest Florida case sometime next month could throw the state’s budding cannabis industry into total disarray.
Two years ago, the Florida Legislature made five licenses available to grow marijuana and process oil as a form of medicine. Since then, just one grower has opened a dispensary providing cannabis products for epileptic and other patients suffering debilitating illnesses. Laningham’s findings could reopen the licensing process because...
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