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CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Florida Dept. of Health issued an emergency rule that puts limits on the amount of THC that can be in a daily dose of marijuana. It also creates a way for doctors to request exceptions to those limits.


What You Need To Know

  • State health officials issued an emergency rule limiting how much THC can be in a daily dose of medical marijuana
  • The rule also creates a way doctors can request exceptions to daily limits
  • The state’s notice of emergency rule says Florida law allows it to adopt emergency rules regarding the use of medical marijuana

“There was really no warning,” said Dr. Deepa Verma. “We actually got an e-mail from the department of health on Friday, basically just telling us that this emergency (rule) got basically put into place. There wasn’t anything where they were kind of asking us what we thought about it. So, as a physician, it was a little bit, it was hard to deal with because we’re frontline and we’re the ones who make those decisions about what to put people on and the dosages.”

Verma said medical marijuana is one of the main services offered by her practice, Synergistiq Wellness. She first noticed a change Monday after logging into the state’s medical marijuana use registry.

“I wanted to put in some orders for a patient yesterday, and I did my normal thing and then I had a restriction box that popped up,” Verma said.

According to the state’s notice of emergency rule, a 70-day supply limit of marijuana shouldn’t contain more…

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