Florida Lawsuit Challenges Regulators' Failure to Fully Implement Medical Marijuana Law
TALLAHASSEE, FL Florida patients and growers havefiled a lawsuitover regulators failure to meet deadlines associated with the states 2016 voter-approved medical cannabis law.
Plaintiffs argue that the state Department of Health has failed to issue licenses for additional dispensaries despite an October deadline.
Florida law required the DOH to issue ten additional licenses by October 3, 2017, the suit claims. [Y]et the Department has failed to do so an issue which patients say limits their access to lifesaving medicine.
Regulators also have a backlog of patient applications from those seeking to participate in the states nascent medical cannabis access program.
Seventy-one percent of Florida voters approved Amendment ...
