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Kim Rivers wants to legalize marijuana in Florida. She has to beat Ron DeSantis first.

November 1, 2024
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Kim Rivers, the CEO of Florida’s largest medical marijuana company, has bet that she can beat Gov. Ron DeSantis in his own state. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Ron DeSantis has bet big on trying to defeat Florida’s recreational marijuana initiative. And…

DeSantis in middle of Florida feud pitting marijuana against hemp

August 25, 2024
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Voters in Florida will soon decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana. DeSantis is against it and getting support from an unlikely ally: the hemp industry. Brandon Gomes’sdispensary sells tropical flavored gummies and smokable hemp under names like Ice Cream Cake…

Alien Labs Invades New Markets With Quality Cannabis

August 6, 2024
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Founded in 2014 on skills honed long before legalization, Redding, California-based Alien Labs has over the years built a rock-solid reputation for top-shelf flower (and other products) that it is now exporting to other states as part of a growth…

Effort to defeat marijuana ballot question gets $12M boost from Florida billionaire

Ken Griffin, the Republican billionaire who donated more than $10 million to support Gov. Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial races, said he has put forward $12 million to defeat Florida’s recreational marijuana amendment. Amendment 3, which will be on the ballot in…

Florida Marijuana Legalization Bid Headed To Victory, Polls Suggest

Two recent polls show that Amendment 3, the ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida, is likely to win enough votes to pass in the November general election. The surveys suggest an increase in voter support for the cannabis…

DeSantis moving toward vetoing bill that would regulate sale of cannabis products in Florida

At the same time Governor Ron DeSantis has come out against a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in Florida, he is likely to throw an unexpected lifeline to the hemp industry by vetoing a bill that would regulate and limit the sale of cannabis…

Florida Supreme Court gives voters final say on recreational marijuana

In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida conservatives opposed to the measure, the state's Supreme Court on Monday approved a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment for the November 2024 statewide ballot. The proposal, known as Amendment 3, will legalize the "non-medical…

Ubiquitous in Florida, delta-8 would be banned under bill that just passed the Senate

Florida lawmakers are just a step away from banning delta-8 products, like edible gummies, vapes and joints that can create a psychoactive high in its users. Florida senators on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would exclude synthetic or naturally…

Will Floridians legalize recreational pot?

October 12, 2023
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There’s an amendment on the 2024 ballot, and it looks to be close. In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational and personal use. Since then, 22 other states, the District of Columbia and the…

Florida Chamber of Commerce Opposes Cannabis Legalization Vote

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Bricken The Florida Chamber of Commerce has filed a brief with the state Supreme Court, opposing the placement of an adult-use cannabis legalization initiative on the 2024 ballot. This in itself is not particularly…

Florida attorney general rejects recreational marijuana amendment

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a brief with the Florida Supreme Court detailing why she believes the proposed measure to legalize recreational marijuana should not be placed on the ballot for voters to decide. She may oppose the…

Black Farmer Cannabis Bill Passed in Florida

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Bricken Black farmers in Florida stand to benefit from a medical cannabis bill passed in the waning days of the state legislature’s 2023 session. HB 837 would give a second chance to farmers passed…

Fluent in Florida: CEO Robert Beasley’s Strategy of Growth by Contraction

December 12, 2022
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Founded in 2016, Cansortium Inc. is the publicly traded parent company of Florida-based Fluent, which was rebranded from Knox Medical in May 2019. Fluent is a multistate operator with a reach as far west as Texas and as far north…

The Flower Shop Looks Beyond Arizona and Utah

November 17, 2022
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Arizona-based TFS Brands, aka The Flower Shop, began life as SKY Dispensaries in 2017 only to rebrand to its current name in 2019 following the promotion of Greta Brandt from General Counsel to her current role as President of the…

Recreational pot in Florida? State’s largest medical marijuana operator files constitutional amendment for 2024 ballot

TALLAHASSEE — Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, and country-music legends The Bellamy Brothers are backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 or older. The proposed amendment was filed Monday at the…