SMOKABLE MARIJUANA COURT RULING

The 1st District Court of Appeals has refused to lift a stay on a Tallahassee judge’s ruling that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana if their doctors approve it. The decision means that patients will continue to be barred from legally smoking medical marijuana for the foreseeable future while the legal challenges continue. The fight over smokable medical marijuana is one of at least eight marijuana-related administrative or legal challenges related to the state’s growing cannabis industry, which some experts estimate could exceed 1 billion dollars in revenue by 2020.