Nikki Fried Says THC Caps Would ‘Tax’ Patients, Marijuana Industry
“This would be a huge hit to the industry and the patients”
‘This would be a huge hit to the industry and the patients.’
Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services blasted a Republican bill to cap the THC content in medical cannabis.
Commissioner Nikki Fried, a first-term Democrat, inveighed against a measure filed last week in the House by Rep. Spencer Roach that would cap flower at 10% THC, edibles at 15%, and concentrates at 60%.
“This would be a huge hit to the industry and the patients,” Fried told reporters Tuesday in Tallahassee.
Roach was appointed to a statewide drug policy group by House Speaker Chris Sprowls, an indication that the House is ready to pass THC caps yet again, as it has before.
Fried, a proponent of medical cannabis and a potential 2022 challenger to Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose position on caps is unknown, pointed out that “71% of Floridians voted for medical marijuana in the Florida Constitution.”
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