Pubdate: Fri, 07 Feb 2014
Source: Palm Beach Post, The (FL)
Copyright: 2014 The Palm Beach Post
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/333

HOUSE BILL WOULD LEGALIZE POT EXTRACT

After a month of discussions, House Criminal Justice Chairman Matt 
Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, filed a measure Thursday that would 
legalize a marijuana extract known as Charlotte's Web that proponents 
believe can dramatically reduce seizures in children with a rare form 
of epilepsy. The measure (HB 843) would legalize all forms of 
cannabis that contain 0.5 percent or less of tetrahydrocannabinol and 
more than 15 percent of cannabidiol, along with the resin extracted 
from the plant. Gaetz's proposal would also make it legal to 
manufacture the compound. The federal Food and Drug Administration 
has not approved the product. Because Charlotte's Web has such a 
small amount of THC, the psychoactive compound in pot, it does not 
get users high.

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