FL: HOB 307 To Expand Existing Legislation For Medical Marijuana Patients

HB 307 expands existing law that allows patients with seizure disorders, such as intractable epilepsy, and cancer to have access to a non-euphoric strain of cannabis.

It also solidifies a system that could give growers who already have licenses a head start on an even larger market if a proposed constitutional amendment passes in November’s election. That amendment, which appears to have broad public support, would further expand the ailments eligible for medical marijuana.

The Senate passed HB 307 on a bipartisan 28-11 vote and sent it to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature or veto. A spokeswoman for the governor said his office is reviewing the legislation.

Patients were supposed to have access to the non-euphoric cannabis more than a year ago, but legal fights between competing interests who have been excluded from licenses caused delays — a system Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, called “the swampland of greed and money.”

Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, sponsored the bill in the Senate, which grew from a two-page expansion of the state’s Right to Try law to a 29-page proposal that includes regulations and provisions for additional licenses. He said it will end the delays from litigation by allowing additional licenses to be granted to nurseries whose court challenges are successful.

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