Florida's medical marijuana users might want to take a deep breath while they still can. A new law could leave nearly a million cardholders high and dry, threatening to suspend or revoke their access to medical cannabis.
The law, SB 2514, was rolled out this month and explains that the state will "suspend the registration of a qualified patient charged with a violation" and "revoke the medical marijuana use registry registration of qualified patients who enter certain pleas or are found guilty of certain drug offenses."
During an interview with WESH 2 News, local attorney John Morgan said that Gov. Ron DeSantis decided that being against medical marijuana is "really a good thing." Morgan funded the 2016 campaign to legalize medical marijuana.
He was then challenged by the pharmaceutical industry, which is now experiencing fewer patients buying addictive medications and instead leaning on medical cannabis. He claims that Floridians deserve recreational marijuana.
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