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Commissioner Nikki Fried Announces New Medical

Marijuana Advisory Committee

Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried bimonthly to work through ways to Medical Marijuana Advisory • Sally Kent Peebles, partner, Vicente
announced a newly-created Medical expand patient access, increase innovation Committee Members: Sederberg LLP
Marijuana Advisory Committee, which and technology in the industry, and make • Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve • Jacel Delgadillo, co-founder of the fed-
will collaborate with the Florida recommendations to the Legislature and • Barry Gordon, M.D., owner and Chief eral nonprofit CannaMoms
Department of Agriculture and Consumer the Department of Health's Office of Medical Officer of the Compassionate • Eric Stevens, Director of Business
Services to help improve the state's med- Medical Marijuana Use to improve Cannabis Clinic Development at Kaycha Group
ical marijuana policies. Florida's medical marijuana policies and • David Kotler, partner, Cohen Kotler • Mike Smuts, cannabis industry profes-
“I'm proud to establish the medical mar- programs. Cannabis Director Holly Bell P.A. and Of Counsel, Hoban Law Group in sional
ijuana advisory committee to help expand will be responsible for overseeing the Denver, CO • Ron Watson, founder of a full-service
patient access, and to advance and mod- organization of the committee. • Dr. Michelle Weiner, certified in governmental affairs firm and Director of
ernize policies to move Florida into the “From affordability to accessibility and Interventional Pain Management and Governmental Relations for MuV
future of medical marijuana,” stated safety, we have a moral obligation to act in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation • Antoinette Duncan, President and
Commissioner Nikki Fried. “This is a the best interest of Florida's patients, and • Zachary Kobrin, General Counsel and CEO of Duncan Life Sciences
plant that not only improves people's qual- to improve and build progress on our Chief Compliance Officer for multination- • Peter Barsoom, founder of 1906
ity of life, it's an alternative to sometimes- state's current medical marijuana policies al cannabis company and Florida MMTC • Paul Messer, Parkinson's Disease
dangerous pharmaceuticals and addictive to best deliver this important medicine – • Dan Russell, attorney, Dean, Mead & patient and retired from the contract furni-
opioids. It's a medicine that an over- and the medical marijuana advisory com- Dunbar, Russell ture industry
whelming majority of Floridians came mittee will help us deliver,” shared • Dr. David B. Corn, founder, Western • Karen Seeb Goldstein, Executive
together for, calling for constitutionally- Commissioner Nikki Fried. “I'm thankful Massachusetts Podiatry Associates, PC Director of NORML of and Vice Chairman
guaranteed access.” to all of our committee members for their • Cameron Vance, Ph.D., co-founder of Regulate Florida
The new 18-member committee will commitment and look forward to working and Chief Information Officer at Medical • Elaine Geller, Vice President of
convene telephonically and in-person with them on behalf of Florida's patients.” Marijuana Treatment Clinics of Florida Legislative Affairs, Amercanex

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