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Orlando Sentinel: Florida lawmakers may limit potency of medical marijuana this year
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — For two years, patients, advocates and medical marijuana operators have been up in arms about lawmakers’ efforts to limit the levels of euphoria-inducing THC in smokable cannabis. And for two years, the Senate has blocked the move. But new Senate leadership, and a newly elected senator, could provide fertile ground for THC caps during the upcoming legislative session. Continue > -
FloridaPolitics.com: Momentum builds for medical marijuana THC caps
Caps on THC, the euphoria-inducing chemical found in many strains of medical cannabis, are again an open question in the Florida Legislature. Efforts in previous years to install caps hit a wall in the Senate, but new President Sen. Wilton Simpson suggests there may be a more sustained interest this year. Continue > -
Standing up for Florida patients
Wow! Just wow. Florida for Care's members and supporters really stepped up in a big way this last few days and you all deserve and equally big "Thank you!" for how quickly you mobilized on behalf of patients access - and against an arbitrary (and extraordinary!) tax on Florida patients. I just wanted to take a moment to share - and brag about! - how patients, caregivers, and advocates from all over Florida stepped up and made their voices heard by calling, emailing, tweeting at, and Facebooking their state representatives. Only since Friday, 421 of you have contacted your legislators,... Continue >