Florida sets stage for more marijuana licenses December 19, 2022 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments State health regulators on Monday set in motion a process to issue up to 22 more medical marijuana licenses, in a highly anticipated move that could double the size of Florida's medical cannabis industry. The state Department of Health also… Read More→
Florida Department of Health challenged on marijuana licenses November 4, 2022 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Heeding a legal blueprint laid out by an appellate judge, a Tampa-based orchid grower has filed a lawsuit accusing the Florida Department of Health of violating the state Constitution by delaying the issuance of nearly two-dozen medical marijuana licenses. The… Read More→
State Finally Picks First Black Florida Farmer for Pot License September 22, 2022 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -The owner of a Suwanee County farm is in line to be the state’s newest medical-marijuana operator, beating out 11 other applicants competing for a license earmarked for a Black farmer with ties to Florida. The state Department… Read More→
Florida Department of Health puts restrictions on medical marijuana, some patients worry about future usage September 8, 2022 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments The Florida Department of Health recently issued an emergency ruling on medical marijuana to limit amounts and dosage. Some patients worry about what this could mean for future usage. “I started having what they refer to as grand mal cluster seizures… Read More→
Marijuana Patients Say Florida’s New Dose Limits Stifle Treatment September 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Florida 1 Comment Nearly six years after the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida, the state has imposed strict dosage limits for cannabis patients. As of August 29, a new Florida Department of Health rule caps patients' dosage across all major categories of… Read More→
‘Unfortunate and discriminatory’: Black farmers feel left out of Florida’s medical marijuana system July 13, 2022 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Nearly six years ago, the Florida legislature set aside a medical marijuana license for a Black farmer like John Allen to join the burgeoning industry. But the license still has not been issued by the Florida Department of Health, which regulates the… Read More→
Online ordering of medical marijuana is restored by Florida judge October 26, 2021 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Leafly and similar sites will be able to resume working with Florida medical marijuana businesses to provide online ordering of the drug, under a ruling from an administrative law judge. Florida health officials this year stopped medical marijuana operators from… Read More→
Medical marijuana industry has high anxiety waiting for Florida Supreme Court ruling May 27, 2021 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments After the Florida Supreme Court hears arguments in a case, justices typically try to hand down a ruling within six months. Although the court heard final arguments in Florida Department of Health v. Florigrown nearly eight months ago, it has… Read More→
Florida quietly publishes medical marijuana edibles rules August 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments In 2015, a small group of Department of Health employees including Florida’s chief medical marijuana regulator, Christian Bax, and then-surgeon general Celeste Philip hopped on a plane to Denver. They linked up with the Colorado Department of Public Health to… Read More→
Columbia Care Accused of Fraudulently Taking Lucrative License June 3, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments The complaint accuses New York-based Columbia Care of tortious interference with contract, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, among other offenses, A Florida company focused on low-THC cannabis sued a… Read More→
Did Florida lawmakers break the law in regulating medical marijuana? May 7, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments In a case that could have important implications for the medical-marijuana industry, Florida Supreme Court justices Wednesday waded into a battle about whether the state has properly carried out a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized marijuana for patients. The… Read More→
Florida fights ruling on medical marijuana law December 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Defending a 2017 law that set regulations for the state’s medical-marijuana industry, Florida Department of Health attorneys have asked an appeals court to overturn a circuit judge’s ruling that they say “injected confusion and uncertainty” into the licensing of marijuana… Read More→
Florida’s medical marijuana program: What’s next? May 10, 2017 David Hodes Florida, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Florida’s medical marijuana bill is in limbo. It failed to pass on the state's last legislative session, May 5. Since it failed to pass, new rules are slated to be issued by Friday, May 13 by the Florida Department of… Read More→