TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Senate's Health Policy Committee is beginning the process of figuring out how to implement Amendment 2, which allows for the legalization of medical marijuana.
Amendment 2 was approved by 71 percent of Florida voters on Election Day. It takes effect on Jan. 3 and will allow higher-strength marijuana to be used for a wider list of medical ailments once a new set of rules are adopted and implemented. The committee met Tuesday to discuss the amendment.
The state legislature and Department of Health have six months to revise current rules and must implement them within nine months.
A study released last week by Arcview Market Research and New Frontier Data showed that Florida is on track to log more than $1 billion in medical marijuana sales by 2019.
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