By JOE REEDY 

Florida ban on smokable medical pot ruled unconstitutional

 


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's ban that prevents medical marijuana patients from smoking the stuff has gone up in smoke.

Leon County Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers on Friday ruled that a state's ban on smokable cannabis is unconstitutional. Florida's Department of Health said in a statement it has appealed the ruling, which will impose an automatic stay.

Gievers wrote in her 22-page ruling that Floridians "have the right to use the form of medical marijuana for treatment of their debilitating medical conditions as recommended by their certified physicians, including the use of smokable...



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