1/17/19 UPDATE:
Gov. DeSantis announced Thursday that he wants to dismiss the smokeable medical marijuana lawsuit.
.@RonDeSantisFL says he wants to dismiss the smokable medical marijuana lawsuit, adds that the FL Legislature did a disservice when it implemented the law passed by voters pic.twitter.com/L81rw63Ak0
— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) January 17, 2019
“The last thing I want to do is have to be cleaning up something that should have been done two years ago” @RonDeSantisFL says of not fighting smokable medical marijuana pic.twitter.com/8yKfMnG1yC
— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) January 17, 2019
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ORIGINAL STORY:
Florida’s Governor will soon announce changes in the way the state is carrying out its medical marijuana law.
Governor Ron DeSantis will likely drop the appeal of a court decision that said a ban on smoking medical marijuana violated the amendment passed by voters.
Former Governor, now U.S. Senator Rick Scott was the one who appealed the court decision on smoking before he left office.
But DeSantis this week said he felt the state had been dragging its feet in implementing the law.
71 percent of voters statewide approved the constitutional amendment to allow medical marijuana in 2016.
“I think ingesting it different ways for different patients is a great idea,” said Will Echevarria, a local patient.
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