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Why hasn’t Florida followed through with special marijuana license for a Black farmer?

September 23, 2021
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It’s been a long four years for Florida’s Black farmers. In 2017, the Legislature passed a law that created the modern Florida medical marijuana industry. It set steep barriers to entry. It limited the number of licenses the state could…

Black farmers get priority as Florida prepares to issue new medical marijuana licenses

A Black farmer with ties to doing business in Florida will be at the head of the line for a long-awaited batch of medical-marijuana licenses in an application process that state health officials will launch soon, senior aides to Gov.…

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…

Effort to legalize recreational marijuana knocked down by Florida Supreme Court

A high-profile effort to legalize marijuana was all but killed by the Florida Supreme Court Thursday. In a 5-2 decision, justices ruled a constitutional ballot initiative by the group Make it Legal Florida to be “misleading.” The ruling came after…

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…

Florida lawmakers to consider bill limiting amount of THC in medical marijuana

TALLAHASSEE - Many Republican lawmakers in Florida haven’t hidden their skepticism about the use of marijuana as a medical palliative. After voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment broadly legalizing medical marijuana in 2016, the Republican-controlled Legislature grudgingly laid out a…

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…

Looking To The Future – Florida’s Emergency Edible Rules Provide An Opportunity For Profits – And Perils

January 6, 2021
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by Edd Gaus and Matt Bernstein Nearly four years after Florida voters legalized medical marijuana, in August, the state’s Department of Health’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use published emergency rules allowing licensed medical marijuana treatment centers to produce, package, and label…

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…