Florida Judge Excuses Doctor Accused of Rubber-Stamping Cannabis Patients

Ganjapreneur reports….

A Florida judge has ruled in favor of a doctor accused by state investigators of rubber-stamping cannabis patients and of having improper ties to a medical cannabis dispensary.

A Florida administrative law judge has sided in favor of a physician who was accused by the state of having improper ties to medical cannabis dispensary Trulieve and not adequately evaluating an undercover investigator who sought a medical cannabis recommendation, CBS Miami reports.

 

Officials argued that Dr. Justin C.K. Davis violated the state’s medical cannabis law by subletting office space from a Trulieve dispensary in Lady Lake and that the physician served only as a “rubber stamp” when the investigator sought approval to use medical cannabis for purported post-traumatic stress disorder.

In the decision, Judge Garnett Chisenhall wrote that while it was “reasonable to infer” that Davis’ close proximity to a medical cannabis dispensary “facilitated the acquisition of patients” for the doctor and dispensary, the evidence showed that Davis and other physicians “were not receiving discounts on those subleases.” Additionally, Chisenhall determined that there was “no persuasive evidence” to suggest that Davis made referrals to Trulieve or that Trulieve referred prospective patients to Davis.

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Florida Judge Excuses Doctor Accused of Rubber-Stamping Cannabis Patients

 

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