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FLORIDA BILL EXPANDS USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Although a proposed medical marijuana amendment failed in the 2014 election, medical use of the plant could come to Florida as soon as July 1, 2016.
That's the date by which Florida would have to begin issuing marijuana patient ID cards under a bill filed Monday by State Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg. The bill would allow patients with certain medical conditions to obtain marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. It also addresses several of the criticisms levied at the unsuccessful constitutional amendment ballot initiative.
"I just believe that physicians and patients should be able to make determinations about what's best for their care," Brandes said. "And I believe it should be done through the legislative process."
That process has only just begun. The Florida House has started to craft its version of the bill, which legislators have said would need to specifically name diseases covered by the law. The legislative session begins March 3.
The group that pushed for the constitutional amendment, United for Care, has already begun the process of getting a new amendment on the ballot in 2016. Last year's initiative garnered 58 percent of the vote but needed 60 percent to pass.
A ballot initiative in 2016 has a better chance to pass, given the larger turnout in a presidential election year. So the legislature may be motivated to pass a bill, even if only to prevent a broader, more-liberal amendment from becoming law through a ballot initiative.
The Senate bill, SB 528, would greatly expand on the noneuphoric marijuana law passed last session but still not implemented because of problems determining who would get the five allotted grower licenses. The state hopes to have new rules ironed out by Feb. 4.
The new bill would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for cancer; HIV/AIDS; epilepsy; ALS; multiple sclerosis; Crohn's disease; Parkinson's disease; or any other medical condition that causes wasting syndrome, severe and persistent pain, severe and persistent nausea, persistent seizures or severe and persistent muscle spasms.
Additionally, a patient suffering from other diseases could get pot if in a "physician's good faith medical judgment, the patient has exhausted all other reasonable medical treatments for those symptoms."
That leaves open one of the issues opponents used last year to defeat the proposed marijuana amendment. Critics said the amendment's language would allow anyone to get pot. Brandes said the open door to marijuana in his bill is barely ajar.
"It means you've been seen by a physician at least three months, the physician has tried a number of other things, and in their good faith medical judgment they think this will work. Then, they have the means to prescribe," Brandes said.
Critics also claimed minors could get access to marijuana and dispensaries would pop up on every street corner.
Under the proposed bill, anyone under 21 would need parental approval and the recommendation of two doctors, and county commissions would decide how many dispensaries, if any, to allow.
Qualifying patients would be allowed to possess a 30-day supply of marijuana, but the exact amount would be up to the doctor who recommended marijuana.
Patients or their designated caregivers would be able to purchase the pot from licensed retailers. The regulation of those retailers will be up to the state Department of Health. Potential growers would have to pay a $100,000 licensing fee; retailers would pay $10,000.
The bill also includes rules for how doctors can qualify to recommend marijuana, and how the plant would be distributed from growers to retailers.
"We are going to get a good medical marijuana bill passed – whether it's through the legislature or on the ballot," said Elias Egozi, the state director of United for Care. "This is a big, big deal – but it's a long way from becoming law."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-medical-marijuana-bill-filed-20150126-story.html
Although a proposed medical marijuana amendment failed in the 2014 election, medical use of the plant could come to Florida as soon as July 1, 2016.
That's the date by which Florida would have to begin issuing marijuana patient ID cards under a bill filed Monday by State Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg. The bill would allow patients with certain medical conditions to obtain marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. It also addresses several of the criticisms levied at the unsuccessful constitutional amendment ballot initiative.
"I just believe that physicians and patients should be able to make determinations about what's best for their care," Brandes said. "And I believe it should be done through the legislative process."
That process has only just begun. The Florida House has started to craft its version of the bill, which legislators have said would need to specifically name diseases covered by the law. The legislative session begins March 3.
The group that pushed for the constitutional amendment, United for Care, has already begun the process of getting a new amendment on the ballot in 2016. Last year's initiative garnered 58 percent of the vote but needed 60 percent to pass.
A ballot initiative in 2016 has a better chance to pass, given the larger turnout in a presidential election year. So the legislature may be motivated to pass a bill, even if only to prevent a broader, more-liberal amendment from becoming law through a ballot initiative.
The Senate bill, SB 528, would greatly expand on the noneuphoric marijuana law passed last session but still not implemented because of problems determining who would get the five allotted grower licenses. The state hopes to have new rules ironed out by Feb. 4.
The new bill would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for cancer; HIV/AIDS; epilepsy; ALS; multiple sclerosis; Crohn's disease; Parkinson's disease; or any other medical condition that causes wasting syndrome, severe and persistent pain, severe and persistent nausea, persistent seizures or severe and persistent muscle spasms.
Additionally, a patient suffering from other diseases could get pot if in a "physician's good faith medical judgment, the patient has exhausted all other reasonable medical treatments for those symptoms."
That leaves open one of the issues opponents used last year to defeat the proposed marijuana amendment. Critics said the amendment's language would allow anyone to get pot. Brandes said the open door to marijuana in his bill is barely ajar.
"It means you've been seen by a physician at least three months, the physician has tried a number of other things, and in their good faith medical judgment they think this will work. Then, they have the means to prescribe," Brandes said.
Critics also claimed minors could get access to marijuana and dispensaries would pop up on every street corner.
Under the proposed bill, anyone under 21 would need parental approval and the recommendation of two doctors, and county commissions would decide how many dispensaries, if any, to allow.
Qualifying patients would be allowed to possess a 30-day supply of marijuana, but the exact amount would be up to the doctor who recommended marijuana.
Patients or their designated caregivers would be able to purchase the pot from licensed retailers. The regulation of those retailers will be up to the state Department of Health. Potential growers would have to pay a $100,000 licensing fee; retailers would pay $10,000.
The bill also includes rules for how doctors can qualify to recommend marijuana, and how the plant would be distributed from growers to retailers.
"We are going to get a good medical marijuana bill passed – whether it's through the legislature or on the ballot," said Elias Egozi, the state director of United for Care. "This is a big, big deal – but it's a long way from becoming law."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-medical-marijuana-bill-filed-20150126-story.html
sounds like more govt bs. i hope UFC manages to get a better campaign this time around and i hope more people vote. we need it to be a constitutional amendment not some money grubbing BS set up by these crooks.
my guess is the asshats in tallahassee will make way for patients to have access to cannabis that is limited to a max ~13% thc.
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Unfortunately after reading this the bureaucrats in our state as usual are working hard to fuck things up! Please free the weed! the situation for most of us won't be changing that much! So for most of us, we will still be forced to take care of
ourselves and quietly appreciating, Learning about and enjoying this wonderful PLANT!
I look at it this way; No amount of legislature is ever going to make me want to give up my garden, NEVER. However, and as hard as it is to believe, their are people in this state that will benefit from this besides financially. Going medical will give us some legitimacy, take some of the heat off. Is it perfect? Nope. But Ill never stop growing anyway.
My
anyway. Lemme go put my head back up my ass 
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anyway. Lemme go put my head back up my ass
if it goes medical then the feds are automagically blocked from using their money here.
Chugging along at day 52 here.....
FAR
PF pheno 1....flushed w/ Final Flush @ day 51and getting straight pH'd water from now out
FAR
PF pheno 1....flushed w/ Final Flush @ day 51and getting straight pH'd water from now out
RKU, getting flushed this evening
And PF pheno 2, flushed last night
And PF pheno 2, flushed last night
looking good UR190!
Brrrrrrr. I think im going back into hibernation until it gets a little warmer.
Brrrrrrr. I think im going back into hibernation until it gets a little warmer.
Thanks Catafish and bug! 
No support for the RKU.....she is kinda floppy. If it smokes good gonna run again under a net like the glue.
Speaking of glue, day 16 and kinda late getting the second net put up.....but learning and getting better every grow. She stretches for about 19 days for me in my conditions.
No support for the RKU.....she is kinda floppy. If it smokes good gonna run again under a net like the glue.
Speaking of glue, day 16 and kinda late getting the second net put up.....but learning and getting better every grow. She stretches for about 19 days for me in my conditions.
yeah bro, that rku looks like some fire, they all do lol but the rku catches my eye everytime you post her
Fla growers, in the interest of looking out for each other, I'd like to bring to your attention if you haven't heard already, the plight of JW, a longtime fellow member who's generosity and good nature have left him at the mercy of the legal system so please do what you can, if you can, every bit counts.
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I have not heard of this person. What's the deets?
its all in the gg#4 thread dok
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