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Florida's medical marijuana patient growth has slowed to 3% in the last two years after years of double-digit increases.

The amount of smokable medical marijuana dispensed nearly tripled between 2020 and last year.

Florida now has the largest medical marijuana market in the U.S., with about 4% of its population registered as patients.

A surge in the number of Florida marijuana patients after the 2019 legalization of smokable medical marijuana has subsided, according to a new report from the state's Office of Medical Marijuana Use.

Bobbie Smith, the OMMU director, told the Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee on Oct. 15 that after recording three straight years of double-digit growth, the increase in new qualified patients the past two years has been 3%

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