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TALLAHASSEE --- With Democrats condemning the effort as “reefer madness,” a House panel on Tuesday pushed forward a proposal to impose limits on the amount of euphoria-inducing THC in medical marijuana products. The proposal, approved in a party-line vote by the House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee, would place a 10 percent THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 60 percent in most other medical-marijuana products. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive component of marijuana that makes users feel high. Floridians approved a constitutional amendment...

With Democrats calling GOP effort “reefer madness,” a House panel advances bill to impose limits euphoria-inducing THC in medical marijuana products

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — If Florida doesn’t make significant reforms to its medical marijuana program, it could have another opioid crisis on its hands, a Republican lawmaker argued in a House committee Tuesday. Rep. Spencer Roach, R-Fort Myers, made this case while advocating for a bill he’s sponsoring that would limit the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in medical marijuana products offered ...

House committee approves THC limits for medical marijuana Jake Stofan, Tallahassee corespondent Updated:  Tags:  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Limits on the amount of THC in medical marijuana would be imposed under a bill approved by its first House committee Tuesday morning. The bill aims to prevent medical marijuana from being treated as a recreational drug, but opponents argue there’s no justification for the measure. State Rep. Spencer Roach likens what he’s seeing now in the state’s medical marijuana industry to the practices that preceded the opioid crisis. “You know, 15 years ago whe...