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TALLAHASSEE — Patients who have been given a year to live could soon be allowed to use marijuana to ease their pain.
A Florida House panel on Tuesday okayed legislation that would expand an existing, small medical marijuana program and a law allowing terminal patients to try experimental drugs. Now, with two doctors' approval, a patient can buy marijuana from a licensed grower in the state.
"Cannabis should be the first option for patients, rather than the last resort," said Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, speaking on behalf of Cathy Jordan, a Parrish resident who has suffered from ALS for 29 years. "No one should have to go through what I did to get their medication."
Jordan, the president of the Florida Cannabis Action Network, has a letter from the state attorney's office in Manatee County that allows her to grow marijuana that has been prescribed to her.
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