TALLAHASSEE — Medical marijuana's implementation is turning out to be a slow burn.
More than 6 million Floridians voted in November to allow patients with conditions like cancer and HIV to use marijuana — nearly 2 million more than President-elect Donald Trump's state total.
But such overwhelming support for the state constitutional amendment has not translated into urgency in the capital.
Setting rules governing a new medical marijuana industry is not a top priority for the newly elected leaders of the Legislature, Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran. Gov. Rick Scott has largely avoided weighing in on the issue.
"All I'd say on that is that we're going to honor the will of the voters, we're going to protect the Constitution, and we're going to protect the people's state of Florida," said Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes.
