CANNAINVESTOR Magazine U.S. Privately Held Companies March 2018 | Page 94

Recent Legislation

The new law, Senate Bill 8-A, passed in July 2017, allows the Florida Department of Health (DOH) to license Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers to produce a much wider variety of products without restrictions on THC levels.

More qualifying conditions were added, for a total of nine, greatly expanding the number of qualifying and participating patients.

13 companies currently hold medical marijuana treatment center licenses and as the patient count grows, a total of 33 will have been awarded by the Florida Department of Health

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