DOH taps investigator to direct Office of Medical Marijuana Use

Sunburn, Florida Politics, 12/2/2019


 — Surgeon General Scott Rivkees has selected Christopher Ferguson to run the Florida Department of Health’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use, Arek Sarkissian of POLITICO Florida reports. Ferguson moves over from the department's Division of Medical Quality Assurance, where he served as chief of the Investigative Services Unit. “He draws on nearly 18 years of experience with leadership, management and oversight of operational activities related to investigating complaints involving health care practitioners regulated by the Department,” Rivkees said in an email announcing the hire. Ferguson succeeds former Office of Medical Marijuana Use Director Courtney Coppola, who had held the position since Oct. 10.