House lawmakers are ready to vote on a newly-amended bill to regulate Florida’s medical marijuana industry this week, with the vote over one of the hottest bills of the legislative session likely happening Tuesday.
State lawmakers significantly overhauled a legislative proposal to regulate Florida’s medical marijuana industry on Friday, putting the House measure, HB 1397, more in line with the less restrictive Senate bill.
Among the alterations: getting rid of the 90-day waiting period for patients to be prescribed medical cannabis, reducing training requirements for doctors as well as allowing edibles and “vaping.”
Bill sponsor Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, had hinted several
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