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Final challenge to Florida medical marijuana rule dismissed, licensing could start by summer

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After months of legal wrangling and court battles, Florida is closer to allowing production of non-euphoric medical marijuana under the law known as “Charlotte’s Web” passed last year. On Wednesday, a Tallahassee administrative judge rejected the last challenge to the state’s draft rules. Judge David Watkins dismissed the claim by Baywood Nurseries of Apopka, which said the proposed rules on medical marijuana gives an unfair advantage to larger nurseries for the five medical marijuana growing licenses permitted by law. With Watkin’s…

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Compassionate Use director grilled for three hours on Charlotte’s Web rule

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Patricia Nelson, director of the Florida Office of Compassionate Use, spent most of her Friday morning on the defensive. What kept her busy was justifying the plan to regulate the state’s nascent marijuana industry. For three hours and 10 minutes, attorneys for Baywood Nurseries of Apopka grilled Nelson about licensing requirements to grow marijuana and dispense cannabis oil. They were challenging the proposed rule as unfair, saying it effectively blocks smaller nurseries from qualifying for a license, Baywood sued to…

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