A bill in Florida to repeal a ban on smoking medical marijuana has finally hit Governor DeSantis’ office.
It was this week that the Florida House affirmed the right to smoke medical pot, approving the Senate bill to include “smoking” to the language in the medical marijuana constitutional amendment.
The Florida bill allows patients to receive up to 2.5 ounces of whole flower cannabis every 35 days as recommended by their qualified doctor.
The bill passed 101-11 while seven representatives were not present for the vote.
House Speaker José Oliva stated, “This is a difficult issue … This is the best that we could do and still remain responsible,” he said. “I would certainly have been interested to hear what would have come of that appeal. We might still. But I think that the most important thing was that the elected lawmakers of the state have an opportunity to legislate how this will be governed in our state.”
