Florida governor signs medical cannabis bill into law

Florida governor signs medical cannabis bill into law

Gov. Rick Scott signed SB 8A Friday, officially putting Florida’s medical cannabis bill into law.

While medical cannabis patients in Florida are banned from smoking, they can use pills, oils, edibles and vaporizers to medicate.

The bill qualifies cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, PTSD, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic nonmalignant pain, and terminal conditions for medical cannabis treatment.

The bill also brought the statewide total of cultivators up to 17, establishing a plan to license 10 new companies by October.

Seventy-one percent of Floridans voted in favor of medical cannabis legalization in November.