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The bulk of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ $4 million request would go toward new rules by the Florida Department of Health for quality control testing for all types of marijuana products. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images
DeSantis wants $4 million for medical marijuana quality control testing
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TALLAHASSEE Florida’s medical marijuana industry could soon get a big payday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked the Legislature to beef up the Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use with more than $4 million in next year’s state budget, which includes funding to finally start lab testing medical marijuana for the first time in years.
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Young conservatives fear being ostracized on college campuses, where school officials may be imposing an environment that promotes liberal views while stifling conservative thought, according to Florida Republicans who are spearheading a legislative effort that they argue would protect “free speech” at the state’s public universities. Florida lawmakers are hardly the first in taking up […]
Alabama
Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill. The state Senate approved a medical marijuana bill, SB 46, last Wednesday and sent it to the House for approval there. The bill would allow patients with specified medical conditions to receive marijuana with a physician s approval.
Florida
Florida Bills Aim to Restrict Medical Marijuana. Rep. Spencer Roach (D-North Fort Myers) and Sen. Ray Rodrigues (R-Estero) have filed companion bills, HB 1455 and SB 1958, respectively, that would place a 10% THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 16% in other, non-edible medical marijuana products. The bills would also impose advertising restrictions on doctors who recommend medical marijuana. They are being fiercely criticized by medical marijuana advocates, one of whom said the bills continue to encroach on the practice of medicine between a physician and their patients using outdated, random and scientifically unsubstantiated information.
Naples Daily News
Proposed state legislation to modify the board overseeing the Big Cypress Basin is drawing concern from Collier County officials and local environmental groups while some Lee County officials and southern municipalities hope it passes.
State Sen. Ray Rodrigues (R-Estero) introduced the bill in late December. It suggests expanding the authority of the Collier-focused basin board into Lee County by July 1.
The bill proposes ensuring taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects and flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in which they were collected.”
Rodrigues was unavailable for comment.
At its most recent meeting on Feb. 25, the basin board discussed the bill and heard from South Florida Water Management District staff on potential budget effects the bill’s passage would have.