Pubdate: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 Source: Palm Beach Post, The (FL) Copyright: 2014 The Palm Beach Post Contact: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ 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. Post wire services - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom