Florida Gov. signs bill to OK use of pot strain

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will start allowing cancer and epilepsy patients to use a strain of low-potency marijuana next year under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Rick Scott.

Scott, who has been a firm opponent of medical marijuana and has tried to do mandate drug testing of state workers, said he signed the bill because as a “father and grandfather, you never want to see kids suffer.”