Since there was more than two-dozen amendments stacked on the medical marijuana bill, Senate President Andy Gardiner sent it back to committee for another vetting.
The bill (SB 460) would add medical marijuana to a list of experimental treatments available terminally ill patients.The bills sponsor, Senator Rob Bradley (R-Fleming Island) proposed a wide-ranging amendment on Tuesday that would expand the measure to address problems in getting low-THC marijuana. It was originally authorized by Governor Rick Scott and the Legislature nearly two years ago and it is still not off the ground.
During and interview on Wednesday afternoon, Bradley stated:
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According to the 2014 law, doctors were supposed to be able to start ordering non-euphoric marijuana in January 2015.
But legal challenges have delayed the implementation of the law.Bradley further said:
The intention of the legislation is to have the five prevailing dispensing organizations to be able to move forward and get their product to market — now. The legislation will also provide that if a losing organization successfully establishes, by a court of law or an administrative judge, that they were entitled to a license, they will also get a license. That is the intention of the legislation. Any amendments that carve out special rules for one particular vendor or another are not amendments that I would support, and I’m not the only member of the caucus that feels that way.
The bill is expected to be heard by the Rules Committee on Monday.
