In the waning hours of the 2020 legislative session, a contentious provision that would have established a potency cap of 10% THC for medical marijuana patients under 21 has died. After being stripped out of a larger healthcare bill in the Florida Senate on Friday afternoon, the House unanimously passed a version of the bill […]
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Florida measure caps THC levels at 10 percent for underage medical marijuana patients
House Speaker Jose Oliva said in early February that capping the THC content of medical marijuana at 10 percent was among his priorities for the 2020 legislative session, although no measure proposing to do so had surfaced in the House. One emerged Friday in the Senate in the form of an amendment filed to a […]
Medical Marijuana Employee Protection Act: What the Future Could Hold for Florida
With the passing of the 2016 constitutional amendment and the Legislature’s enacting of statutes implementing the voters’ will, hundreds of thousands of Floridians have become lawful medical marijuana users.[1] By and large, Florida employers were not impacted by the legalization of medical marijuana because both the use and possession of marijuana are still illegal under […]
Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Florida
By Daniel Shortt, Attorney @ Harris Bricken The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department […]
A state long linked to oranges looks to a lucrative future — with hemp
ESTERO, Fla. — The orange trees in the Corkscrew grove still produce fruit, though not nearly as much as they did just a decade ago. Thanks to hurricanes and pathogens, many are damaged and dying. Branches are spindly, leaves curled and yellowing. “There was a time not too long ago that these trees were so […]
Columbia Care Announces Statewide Launch in Florida, the Fastest Growing US Medical Cannabis Market, with Grand Opening of First Dispensary
PRESS RELEASE Global Medical cannabis leader expands dispensary footprint to Gainesville, one of Florida’s most densely populated metropolitan areas and provides update on new cultivation and manufacturing facility Gainesville dispensary to provide differentiated product offering with portfolio of proprietary, GMP manufactured pharmaceutical-quality products and provider-based care and educational model designed to deliver optimal patient journey […]
Smokable medical marijuana bill slated for passage
TALLAHASEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) – Patients could be able to legally smoke medical marijuana by the end of the week. State lawmakers appear to be on track to lift the ban on smokable medical marijuana as early as Wednesday, two days earlier than the Friday deadline set by the Governor. Bill sponsors and advocates […]
MedMen Announces Acquisition of Florida Marijuana License and Cultivation Facility
PRESS RELEASE MedMen to Own One of Thirteen Licenses in Florida, right to open 25 dispensaries Los Angeles – June 6, 2018 – MedMen Enterprises Inc. (CSE: MMEN) (“MedMen”), the country’s leading cultivator, producer and retailer of state-sanctioned cannabis, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire dispensary and cultivation assets […]
Florida Is In Business: First Medical Marijuana Store To Open Next Week
For parents like Donna Perez of Sebring, the news comes as a relief. Perez’s 3-year-old son, Noah, suffers from intractable epilepsy and severe seizures. She spends all day by Noah’s side taking care of him, making sure he takes six medications every day. Noah still suffers from seizures, Perez said. He can hardly smile anymore. […]
Florida’s First Legal Medical Marijuana Harvest To Begin
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s first legal harvest of marijuana is stored in multiple vacuum-packed, 441-gram bags in a freezer on the outskirts of Tallahassee. Each is the result of months of careful growing, monitoring, coaxing and cultivating scores of plants in a hidden farm overseen by horticulturalists and protected by armed guards. This is one of […]
