Last week, growers, doctors, patients and parents flooded public hearings held by the agency's Office of Compassionate Use in too-small meeting rooms in various cities. In Fort Lauderdale, one father said he was forced to travel out-of-state to get his son medical cannabis. He tried dozens of strains before finding one that eased the boy's pain from a brain tumor. He rightly fears that licensing only a few companies will lead to less quality and less variety.