Via High Times/Florida Politics

Update: Telemedicine extended 60 days through 9/5/20

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Telehealth services that were made available to Florida’s medical marijuana patients due to the coronavirus pandemic may become a permanent option...

That’s according to the web publication Florida Politics, which reported this week that the temporary provision first established at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak—and then extended in May—might become a fixture in the state’s medical cannabis program...

https://hightimes.com/news/florida-may-make-telehealth-services-medical-marijuana-patients-permanent/

Despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Florida’s medical marijuana industry continues to surge, with sales remaining well above pre-pandemic levels....

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https://floridapolitics.com/archives/328771-telemedicine-extended-for-medical-marijuana-narcotics

State Dispensaries show 30% Increase in Sales

By Adam Walser

Order extended through May 8.

THC cap for medical marijuana patients under 21 dies in Florida House

From Miami Herald’s Samantha Gross

THC cap? Jose Oliva wants one on all forms of medical cannabis

Flower and concentrates would be affected.

By

A.G. Gancarski

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/319268-thc-cap-jose-oliva

In a case that could create a major upheaval in the state’s pot industry, health officials on Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to uphold a 2017 law that carried out a constitutional amendment broadly legalizing medical marijuana.

Lawyers for the Department of Health argued that, in creating and passing the law, the Florida Legislature carried out its “constitutional prerogative to serve as the state policymaker and to protect the welfare of the citizenry.”

The state agency urged the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeal that said a key part of the law conflicted with the 2016 constitutional amendment, approved by 71 percent of Florida voters.

The controversy is centered on a key component of the law that established a “vertical integration system” in which a limited number of companies that receive medical marijuana licenses must handle all aspects of the business, including growing, processing and distributing products. The alternative to vertical integration would be to allow companies to play different roles, potentially leading to more players in the industry.

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