Florida medical marijuana proponents are taking aim at statehouse lawmakers. A Charlotte’s Web fix isn’t coming from the Legislature this year.
While the Department of Health wrangles in court over its most recent medical marijuana rules, a Senate measure aimed at clarifying and implementing the program has died. Ben Pollara, spokesman for medical marijuana advocacy group United for Care, says the House’s actions are embarrassing.
“We want Floridians who are sick and suffering to get relief,” Pollara says. “And Charlotte’s Web certainly needed some fixes, and it could certainly use expansion, so to the extent that any of those things were potentially happening we were for that.
But Pollara says his organization is pushing for access to marijuana without restrictions on THC levels. This would make the drug more effective for patients with chronic pain.
