State plans to rewrite rules for medical marijuana


  • December 16, 2014
  • /   News Service of Florida
  • /   government
The Florida Department of Health is going to rewrite the rules when it comes to growing and distributing medical marijuana. Department spokesman, Nathan Dunn, said the agency will hold a workshop Dec. 30, in Orlando, to develop them. The DOH decided not to appeal an administrative law judge’s decision striking down the state’s plan to regulate Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry. In the ruling, Administrative Law Judge W. David Watkins took issue with the lottery system the DOH had proposed to select growers. He suggested a merit-based process would be better to pick the five licensees that will grow, process, and distribute the medicine. Earlier this year, lawmakers and Governor Rick Scott approved a bill that allows the production of non-euphoric marijuana, which supporters say helps people with certain types of conditions, like children with severe forms of epilepsy. The Department of Health is responsible for developing a rule that provides details about how the state will regulate the industry.
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