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The Florida Department of Health ordered a local dispensary to stop selling a new whole-flower cannabis product intended for vaping, over concerns that users could easily smoke the pot instead. The state currently allows patients suffering from a number of qualifying medical conditions to use low-THC cannabis. Patients are allowed to vape the weed, but are prohibited from smoking it in any form.
Trulieve, one of the seven licensed marijuana vendors in the state, began selling the Entourage Multi Indica cup, a whole-flower product intended for vaping, via five dispensaries and home delivery last week. On Monday, the company received a cease-and-desist letter from the Health Department demanding that they stop selling the product.
In the letter, Office of Compassionate Use Director Christian Bax said that the vaporizer cups could easily be opened, allowing anyone to smoke the contents in joints, pipes, or bongs. The department also said that the vaporizer that Trulieve advertises for use with these whole-flower cups is only sold online, and not in their retail dispensaries.
Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers said that the company has been offering whole-leaf products intended for…
