A legislative proposal now before a Florida conference committee threatens to revoke medical marijuana registrations for people convicted of certain drug crimes—including simply purchasing more than 10 grams of cannabis.
The provision, which would affect both registered patients and caregivers, was agreed to on Tuesday by House lawmakers. It was a part of SB 2514 when the legislation was filed and later passed by the Senate, while the House approved an entirely different version of the bill and sent the disagreement to be ironed out in the conference committee, formed earlier this month.
As first reported by Florida Politics, House lawmakers have now signed off on the Senate medical marijuana language, offering to accept that provision. Though the offer hasn't been finalized, it's reportedly "very likely" the restriction will be included.
The Senate language would require the state Department of Health (DOH) "to revoke the registration" of a qualified patient or caregiver if that person "entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or was found guilty" of a covered drug offense.
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