Medical marijuana operator Surterra Florida has asked health officials in the state of Florida to begin to make a rule making process so that vendors can start to process and sell edible marijuana products to patients.
The operator has asked the rule-making process to include a new law that was approved in June. The law is designed to create a voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalizes medical marijuana for a multitude of patients. It allows Florida’s medical marijuana operators to sell edible products to eligible marijuana patients (except children). Selling edibles right now is banned in the state.
The law requires health officials to determine “by rule any shapes, forms, and ingredients allowed and prohibited for edibles,” in order to “discourage consumption of edibles by children.”
“As such, patients receiving treatment from the petitioners’ medications are barred from doing so via the consumption of legally produced edibles,” wrote an attorney for Surterra in the petition filed last Friday with the Department of Health.
“Many patients have been seeking edible products because it is the best format for them to find relief,” Surterra Florida President Wesley Reynolds stated.
“Surterra Wellness has and will continue to fight for access to medical cannabis, and this is just a continuation of that cause. The more available options for people, the more likely they will be able to use a cannabis product instead of highly addictive and easily abused opiates.”
Under Florida law, the agency has 30 days to start the rule-making process or provide a written explanation if they do not.
