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Black Florida Farmers Feel Left Out of Medical Marijuana System

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — 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…

‘Unfortunate and discriminatory’: Black farmers feel left out of Florida’s medical marijuana system

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…

Florida medical marijuana provider cries foul over online brokers, telehealth evaluations

As the number of patients approved to use medical marijuana in Florida continues to climb, some providers are growing increasingly frustrated by what they allege are bad actors in the state’s highly competitive cannabis industry. One of the issues involves…

Investor, advocates sue Florida medical marijuana regulator

The Sunshine State has a marijuana transparency problem. A cannabis investor and medical marijuana patient advocates are suing the state after regulators allegedly failed to provide public records and approved a cannabis investment firm’s request to own more licenses than…

Poll: 75% of Floridians ‘supportive’ of legalized pot

February 23, 2022
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The survey found 90% of NPAs want legalized marijuana. Florida hasn’t moved toward making cannabis legal for recreational adult use yet, but a new poll suggests voters would have no issue with it. A survey released Tuesday by the University…

Democratic lawmakers call for recreational marijuana legalization

January 13, 2022
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Democratic lawmakers want to legalize marijuana, and they’re urging Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature to do it now. Thus far, Democrats have proposed at least 10 marijuana-related bills in the 2022 Legislative Session. At least one measure would outright legalize marijuana (HB…

Florida lawmakers work to change medical marijuana program as 2022 legislative session begins

January 12, 2022
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Florida's 2022 legislative session kicks off on Tuesday and this year lawmakers are working to pass a bipartisan medical marijuana bill. Florida doesn’t have recreational marijuana and for its medical marijuana program, people have to have a valid medical reason…

Recreational marijuana could be on the horizon in Florida

December 9, 2021
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If a patient walks into a medical marijuana dispensary today in Florida, the variety that meets them can be a bit intimidating. There are different strains of marijuana that have different effects. There are different delivery methods ranging from dried…

Bipartisan bill aims to add new rules to Florida’s medical marijuana industry

December 2, 2021
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After years of partisan squabbling over the fate of Florida’s medical marijuana program, Democrats and Republicans are coming together to push what they’re calling a major reform bill. It could make it a lot harder for Floridians to get their…

Florida voters could see legalizing recreational marijuana on the ballot again in 2022

December 1, 2021
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An activist group is working to add a measure to legalize recreational marijuana use on Florida’s 2022 Florida general election ballot. Regulate Florida, the group working to add the proposal to the ballot, must obtain over 223,000 signatures to obtain…

“Walgreens of Weed”: How Pot Law’s Seedy Start Created Florida’s Cannabis Oligopoly

Something smells funky in Florida's medical marijuana industry — and it's not coming from a smoldering joint. Back in 2016, an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) secretly recorded Tallahassee developer J.T. Burnette — who has since married…

‘We don’t have the generational wealth.’ Black farmers left behind in Florida’s medical marijuana boom

November 6, 2021
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Ray Warthen, a fifth-generation Black farmer, has his eye on Florida’s burgeoning $1 billion medical marijuana cash crop. He’s already made a mark in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood, transforming a city lot into a community farm with beehives, bananas, collard greens…

Online ordering of medical marijuana is restored by Florida judge

October 26, 2021
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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…

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…