According to a new Florida state report, over 1.82 million ounces of smokable medical marijuana were ordered for 128,040 patients over a six-month period.
In translation, this is 113,922 pounds, or 57 tons, of flower marijuana.
The state Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine compiled the report that shows that 44 percent of 291,865 patients certified to use medical marijuana as of Sept. 30 are smoking it.
The report tracks data on medical marijuana for the 12 months between Oct. 1, 2018, and Sept. 30, 2019, however the data on smoking marijuana only tracks use of the drug for a six-month period.
Smoking medical marijuana only became legal in March.
“I thought it would be more,” remarked Ron Watson, a medical-marijuana lobbyist.
The report revealed that 257,381 patients — 88 percent — were qualified for medical marijuana by just one physician, rather than multiple physicians.
