SMOKABLE POT BEING SOLD, DESPITE LAWMAKERS’ OBJECTIONS
By DARA KAM
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
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THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 10, 2017……… Even while Florida lawmakers have insisted they do not want patients to smoke pot, one of the state’s seven licensed medical-marijuana vendors on Tuesday began selling whole-flower cannabis.
Florida law bans patients from smoking the substance, but doesn’t prohibit vendors from selling marijuana buds meant for use in vaporizers — but which also can be smoked in joints, pipes or other delivery devices.
Trulieve, one of seven licensed marijuana operators in Florida, started selling the whole-flower product on Tuesday, just days after lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a measure to carry out a voter-approved constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana for patients with a broad swath of debilitating conditions.
