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• Florida Agriculture Department Readies Rules For State Hemp Program

  Posted: 06/19/2019
  Shawn Mulcahy, WFSU Public Media The Florida Agriculture Department has released its first draft of proposed rules for a state hemp program. This comes ahead of hemp rulemaking workshops beginning later this week. The draft lays out testing and purity standards for growers and packaging and labeling requirements for food containing hemp or its extract, CBD. Hemp must contain less than 0.3% THC, the high-inducing ingredient found in marijuana.  Read The Full Story Here! Continue >

• Florida Board of Medicine signs off on smokeable medical marijuana changes

  Posted: 06/13/2019
  Posted By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida While some members expressed concern about patients smoking medical marijuana, the Florida Board of Medicine has approved forms for doctors to use in ordering smokable pot. The board Friday agreed to change its medical-marijuana rules so that physicians can certify that the benefits of smoking marijuana for medical use outweigh the risks. It also agreed to change mandatory informed-consent forms that physicians and patients must fill out together. Read the full article HERE Continue >

• Nikki Fried names doctors, lawyers, patients to new Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee

  Posted: 06/13/2019
  Florida Politics By Jim Rosica Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has released the names on her newly created Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, which will “help improve the state’s medical marijuana policies,” she said in a statement. “I’m proud to establish the advisory committee to help expand patient access and to advance and modernize policies to move Florida into the future of medical marijuana,” Fried said. Some names had leaked out recently on social media. Her new Cannabis Director, Holly Bell, will be in charge of overseeing the committee’s work. “This is a plant that not only improves people’s quality of life,... Continue >