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Florida’s First Black Medical Marijuana License Recipient Will Have to Pay for the Privilege

October 21, 2021
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The process was like the slow burn of a fatty (prescribed for medicinal use only, of course). Last week, five years after Floridians voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2016, state officials announced an "emergency rule" that sets aside one medical marijuana…

State Agency Seeks Money, Workers As Medical Marijuana Industry Grows

October 14, 2021
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As Florida’s legal pot industry is poised to mushroom, health regulators are asking lawmakers for nearly $13 million to more than double the number of workers in the office that oversees medical marijuana issues. Health officials also want $4 million…

Florida Supreme Court upholds medical marijuana law

Siding with the state in a closely watched case that has kept the cannabis industry in limbo, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 2017 law designed to carry out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. The…

Medical marijuana industry has high anxiety waiting for Florida Supreme Court ruling

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…

Florida Medical Marijuana Legislation Stalls As Public Employees Are Fired For Legal Use

The first time Allison Enright, a Brevard County teacher, fell at work, doctors prescribed her opioids to deal with the pain. During the year that followed her fall, she saw her body start to deteriorate. When the prescription medicines and…

Some Florida Lawmakers Holding Out Hope For Recreational Marijuana This Session

A group of Florida leaders and lawmakers is hoping there’s still time this session to move legislation forward that would expand marijuana use beyond the state’s current medical-only program. They’re also hoping to stop legislation some worry could shrink the…

Florida Legislature’s bid to lower the THC cap on medical marijuana advances

If Florida doesn’t make significant reforms to its medical marijuana program, it could have another opioid crisis on its hands, a Republican lawmaker argued in a House committee Tuesday. Rep. Spencer Roach, R-Fort Myers, made this case while advocating for…

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Louisiana-based Waitr getting into the marijuana delivery business; here’s how it’ll work

Lafayette-based food delivery company Waitr said it is teaming up with Flow Payments to create a specialized platform for the sale and delivery of legal marijuana. The company said the partnership will use Waitr’s proprietary delivery technology along with Flow’s payment processing…

Florida’s marijuana industry nearly doubled jobs, approached $1.23 billion in sales in 2020

February 22, 2021
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The medical marijuana market in Florida created nearly 15,000 new jobs in 2020 and employs an estimated 31,444 state residents, according to a new analysis. Florida recorded nearly $1.23 billion in marijuana sales in 2020, according to the report posted by…

Florida Legislators Push to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

January 28, 2021
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State Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, are working together across the aisle on a proposal to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. “There are millions, possibly billions of dollars for cannabis being bought and…

Florida Democrats File Marijuana Related Legislation In Advance Of Session

January 24, 2021
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Florida legalized medical marijuana in 2016. Since then, state lawmakers have tried to make changes. This year is no different. Proposals for full legalization and one providing employee protections for medical marijuana users are on the table. Last year, a…

Legalize marijuana campaigns in Florida move ahead. But will politicians back recreational pot?

December 28, 2020
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The momentum is building for marijuana legalization across the country. But will Florida leaders join in? Voters in states as varied as South Dakota, Arizona and New Jersey approved ballot measures legalizing recreational pot in November. In Florida, though, two…

What is the future of legal marijuana in Florida?

December 8, 2020
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to decriminalize marijuana. Most Democrats supported the bill that would enact that change. Most Republicans did not. The bill is unlikely to gain traction in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate. Was Congress’ historic vote…

Medical marijuana and CBD sales rise sharply during COVID-19 pandemic

September 29, 2020
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Florida is seeing a surge in sales of medical marijuana and CBD hemp products as more people turn to them to treat their anxiety, insomnia and pain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters in 2016 approved the state’s new medical marijuana…

Popular California marijuana company, “Cookies”, gets Florida license, prepared to open in 2021

September 22, 2020
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A California-based cannabis company known for its celebrity partnerships, colorful marketing and crowd-drawing interiors is headed to Florida. COOKIES, headed up by Bay-area rapper Gilbert Anthony Milan Jr., or “Berner,” has acquired one of Florida’s 22 coveted medical marijuana treatment…