A Tallahassee judge gave the OK to Tampa entrepreneur Joe Redner to grow his own pot to treat cancer, prompting state health officials to immediately appeal a decision that could open the door to more legal skirmishes over Florida’s medical-marijuana regulations.

Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers ruled that the 77-year-old Redner, who made his fortune as a strip-club owner, can grow his own marijuana because state rules prohibit Florida medical-marijuana operators from selling whole plants or flowers.