Florida: Medical marijuana lags in the Legislature
Debates have begun to put voter-approved medical pot into state law and patients' hands.
State senators and officials with the Florida Department of Health have rolled out their initial plans to enact Amendment 2, which was supported by 71 percent of voters in November, and House leaders are finalizing their own ideas.
But they have already earned criticism from advocacy groups who say the state's plans are falling short of what voters intended.
Ben Pollara, who ran the medical marijuana campaign and is now lobbying the Legislature's implementation of it said DOH rules are "in direct contradiction" of Amendment 2 and that the Senate is off to "an encouraging start."
The Senate and health department have both proposed expanding medical marijuana inside the state's existing, limited cannabis program, which had its own troubles getting off the ground two years ago and has been criticized for allowing a limited number of...
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