MIAMI HERALD: Florida finally gives nod to medical marijuana edibles

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In 2015 a small group of Florida department of health employees, including chief medical marijuana regulator Christian Bax and then surgeon-general Celeste Philip, hopped on a plane to Denver. They linked up with the Colorado department of public health to tour cannabis production facilities and see what a nascent marijuana industry could achieve. Edibles worthy of top-tier culinary status rolled off production lines and into packaging, sometimes sponsored by celebrities such as Snoop Dogg.

On September 2, four years after Florida voters approved the legalisation of medical marijuana and one year after the legislature allowed patients to smoke it, edible marijuana products will enter the state market. The rules, which go into effect immediately, are fairly basic for a medical marijuana state: the edibles cannot have primary or bright colours, to minimise their attraction to children; must not resemble any commercially available candy; and must be packaged appropriately. But items that have become staples in other legal states, such as baked goods, lozenges and chocolates, are fair game.

 

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