Frustrated Florida senators push marijuana fix
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.TALLAHASSEE — Citing frustration with delays in getting non-euphoric cannabis to patients, a Florida Senate panel Thursday pushed forward a revised attempt to create a regulatory framework for the pot industry, but did not include changes sought by black farmers who complain they would be shut out of the industry.
The bill, approved by the Senate Rules Committee and headed to the Senate floor, would quadruple the number of state-approved businesses that could participate from five to 20.
One of those potential players is Sarasota County-based AltMed LLC.
The Florida Department of Health would choose by lottery two licensees in each of five regions to grow, process and distribute cannabis that reportedly does not get users high but is believed to dramatically reduce or eliminate life-threatening seizures in children with rare forms of epilepsy.
Ten other “dispensing organizations” also would receive licenses.
Senate Regulated Industries Chairman Rob Bradley,...
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