Pubdate: Thu, 28 Feb 2013
Source: Naples Daily News (FL)
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BILL WOULD ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN FLORIDA

Qualified patients would be able to possess and use medical marijuana 
for treatment of certain conditions, as long as they have a registry 
ID card from state officials, under a bill filed Wednesday by a 
Senate Democrat.

Senate Bill 1250 also would allow for licensed medical cannabis farms 
and dispensaries. Under the bill, filed by Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake 
Worth, the maximum amount of medical pot a patient or caregiver could 
possess would be 4 ounces of dried medical cannabis or eight pot 
plants, though state officials could change those amounts through the 
rulemaking process.

The measure, named for Cathy Jordan, who suffers from ALS -- Lou 
Gehrig's disease -- comes two days after Manatee County sheriff's 
officials went to Jordan's home and seized 23 marijuana plants. A 
sheriff's spokesman disputed that authorities raided the home or that 
the seizure had anything to do with the planned filing of the bill, 
saying officers went there after a real estate agent alleged Jordan 
was using a neighboring property's electricity.

The News Service of Florida
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