Commentary: Those who follow us probably know by now we are strong supporters of home-grow rights for medical marijuana in Florida for the following reasons:

• Affordability: Patients are currently paying about 4 times the price for Medical Marijuana in Florida than they do in Colorado. For some Florida patients this comes to $1500+ per month. Many patients have low or limited income and growing their own could be the only way they could afford this potentially life saving medication.
• Availability: With 100s of popular Marijuana strains out there, and only a subsection available in Florida, there is no guarantee they will be available consistently to patients. In fact limited availability is a fact of life in the Florida Medical Marijuana market, products sell out, patients have to try another product or another form which may not work as well for them, at premium prices no less. Home grow will allow patients to grow their own consistent supply of the specific variety of Marijuana that works best for them. One example, Trulieve is the only place to offer Strawberry Tangie, and they have not had it available for more than 6 months and we don't know if they ever will again.
• Juicing: Believed to be one of the safest most effective methods for using medical Marijuana for Cancer treatment and prevention while delivering an array of nutritional and health benefits, Juicing requires fresh plant material on a daily basis which can best be achieved by allowing patients to grow their own at home. Juicing done properly does not get the patient "high" and carries a lot of beneficial substances you lose out on from other forms of processed Cannabis. I compare juicing marijuana to wheatgrass on steroids and believe in the future it will be vastly popular with mainstream users who are not looking to get high but more generally to improve their own health, especially with your "Health Nuts" and "Gym Rats". 

Enter the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, which has multiple members who support the patients right to grow their own marijuana, including a Doctor that advocates juicing as the most effective cancer preventative for some patients; as he has testified to in court. While it does seam they have put the foxes in charge of the hen house, the board's purpose is to expand patient access and improve the states policies in relation to Medical Marijuana and this is a highly educated pro medical marijuana group that could push for policies that really benefit Floridians.

Nikki Fried names doctors, lawyers, patients to new 'Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee'

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has released the names on her newly-created Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, which will "help improve the state's medical marijuana policies," she said in a statement. "I'm proud to establish the advisory committee to help expand patient access, and to advance and modernize policies to move Florida into the future of medical marijuana," Fried said.