A Republican lawmaker in Florida who wants to let medical marijuana patients grow their own cannabis at home says the proposal is failing to get much traction among members of his own party.
“I hope to move it,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Joe Gruters (R), said on a podcast this month, “but there’s not a lot of interest in my Republican colleagues to move anything related to marijuana whatsoever.”
The measure, SB 456, would allow state-registered cannabis patients 21 and older to grow up to two plants for personal use provided they first apply for and obtain a certificate from the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Gruters, who supported the adult-use legalization ballot measure Amendment 3 that fell short of passage last year, said that campaign “opened my eyes” to the importance of allowing home cultivation.
“I never knew homegrow was a big deal out there, and that was brought up to me over and over again,” he said on the News Service of Florida podcast, Deeper Dive with Dara Kam. “And I said, ‘You know what? No matter what happens in this fight. I’m going to take some of these issues and I’m going to move it
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