Viable medical marijuana program a must

Last November's push to bring medical marijuana to Florida came up short. Amendment 2 just missed the 60 percent threshold, but advocates believe they'll do better in 2016.

They certainly don't have much faith in their elected officials. Even though the Florida Legislature passed a limited form of medical marijuana use in 2014, the state never put the program into effect. No wonder the push is on to let voters decide at the ballot.

State lawmakers, however, still have a chance to take control of this emotional issue by passing a bill moving through the Florida Senate that will expand the ailments that can be treated by marijuana and fix Florida's flawed rule-making process that has squelched reform.

SB 7066 is a major improvement over Florida's Charlotte Web effort, which legalized a marijuana oil-extract to help youngsters with epileptic seizures. The...

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