House panel adds restrictions to medical marijuana bill stat : Sun Sentinel

Caption medical marijuana passes final House committee House passes medical marijuana bill, adds restrictions. House passes medical marijuana bill, adds restrictions. "The goal was to have a reconciliation between the House medical marijuana implementing bill and the Senate medical marijuana implementing bill and present it at this committee," said the House bill's sponsor, state Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero. A plan to implement the state's medical marijuana constitutional amendment is on its way to the Florida House floor for a vote. Requires doctors to check the state's prescription drug monitoring program before recommending a patient use medical marijuana.




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Governor Branstad says he'll likely sign the medical marijuana bill into law. (Courtesy: Office of the Governor of Iowa)The bill expands access to medical cannabis to people with more than a dozen conditions. Terry Branstad signs a bill into law on Feb. 17, 2015. During his weekly news conference Monday, Branstad said he was pleased the legislature reached a consensus at the last minute. But certainly it's something that I'm pleased was approved and I'm very hopeful that we don't find any major problems so I think it's likely that I will sign it," he said.


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