Since the 2014 law went into effect, the agency has spent more than $1.2 million in legal fees and costs on challenges dealing with rules and selection of the state’s seven current medical marijuana license-holders.
John Morgan, the Orlando trial lawyer who largely bankrolled what was known as Amendment 2, has pledged to sue the state over whether patients should be allowed to smoke the marijuana treatment. Lawmakers have balked at the idea, but Morgan insists smoking was permitted in the constitutional proposal.
The News Service reported Wednesday that one marijuana operator — Quincy-based Trulieve — has been selling “whole flower” marijuana products for nearly a year and this week began selling a bud-like product intended to be vaporized by patients. While patients are prohibited by current law from smoking cannabis products, the bud-like product can easily be used in joints, bongs or pipes. Legislative leaders were surprised by the report.
Morgan on Thursday urged the Legislature to hold a special session to set the framework for the amendment, rather than leaving it in the hands of the state agency.
