State Agency Seeks Money, Workers As Medical Marijuana Industry Grows October 14, 2021 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Popular California marijuana company, “Cookies”, gets Florida license, prepared to open in 2021 September 22, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Edibles could boost Florida’s medical marijuana sales by $200M annually August 31, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments The addition of edibles to Florida’s medical marijuana market could boost a projected near-$1 billion in 2020 cannabis sales by 20 percent, or $200 million, industry analysts said. The Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) released long-awaited guidelines for… 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→