Florida’s estimated 920,000 medical marijuana patients are now at risk of losing their legal cannabis access if they break state drug laws.
Under a bill signed into law on June 30 by Gov. Ron DeSantis, state health officials can permanently revoke the patient or caregiver registrations for those who “enter certain pleas or are found guilty of certain (drug) offenses.”
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But Senate Bill 2514 also grants health officials the power to “immediately suspend” the registration of a patient who’s charged with a violation of the state’s drug statutes – with no conviction required.
MMJ access is a ‘privilege’ that can be revoked
Florida Republicans and other supporters of DeSantis, who campaigned against an adult-use marijuana legalization measure last fall, say the new laws
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