It’s Back: Now Florida Voters May Get a Shot at Medical Marijuana
When pot is this good, people don’t give up. And Florida is not giving up on medical-grade marijuana anytime soon. In fact, in coming weeks the second political push to legalize medical marijuana in...
View ArticleMiami Beach Ordinance Reduces Marijuana Possession to a $100 Fine
Just eight days after the Miami-Dade County Commission passed its own version of a similar ordinance, Miami Beach commissioners have also passed a law that allows police to issue a $100 ticket to...
View ArticleFlorida Legalization Proponents Back With a New Petition Drive
Give these weed fans some credit: they’re not quitting. In the 2014 election, Florida voters came painfully close to pushing forward a constitutional amendment that would have legalized medicinal...
View ArticleFloridians Send 100,000 Medical Marijuana Petitions to State Supreme Court
Last November, 58 percent of Florida voters supported Amendment 2, which would have made medical marijuana legal in Florida. Even though the majority of voters were in favor of the amendment, it wasn’t...
View Article6 Southwest Florida Nursery Businesses Trying to Win Right to Distribute...
The six nursery businesses that have applied to be Southwest Florida’s medical marijuana dispensing organization are turning to prominent professionals in the Sunshine State and cultivation experts...
View ArticleFlorida’s Proposed Medical Marijuana Amendment Reaches a Critical Stage
A constitutional amendment to allow medical marijuana in Florida has reached a key milestone in its petition drive, triggering required reviews by Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Florida Supreme...
View ArticleFloridians For Freedom Launch the Latest Ballot Push to Fully Legalize Marijuana
Petitions are hitting the streets soon for a new proposed constitutional amendment that would fully legalize marijuana use, possession and cultivation by adults in Florida. A political action committee...
View ArticleWill “Florida Cannabis Act” Fly With Sunshine State Voters?
Michael Minardi is on a mission to make recreational marijuana legal in Florida next year. Asked how he would do that, considering that a ballot measure to legalize just medical marijuana didn’t pass...
View Article5 Reasons Florida Should Vote For a Medical Marijuana Amendment
As you read this, someone out there is suffering a seizure that could be wiped out by medical pot. There are children and adults suffering from debilitating diseases, including cancer, AIDs and Lou...
View ArticleLast Word: Florida Residents – If You Want Legal Cannabis, You Need to...
Florida is not exactly a state that you associate with progressive and forward-thinking policies. And there’s a good reason for it. According to Tampa Bay Times columnist John Romano, it’s due to the...
View ArticleBroward County, Florida Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession
On Tuesday, Broward County approved an ordinance that will allow law enforcement to reduce the penalty for pot possession — in some cases — to a ticket. Commissioners came to a unanimous decision to...
View ArticleFloridians Still Desperately Awaiting Medical Marijuana
As desperately ill Floridians await treatment, the state has yet to license medical marijuana under a law approved by the Legislature 18 months ago. State officials were expected to select five...
View ArticleFlorida Approves 5 Nurseries to Grow Medical Marijuana
Five Florida nurseries, including two from Miami-Dade County, were selected Monday to cultivate and distribute the first legal marijuana in the state, opening the door to the sale of the non-euphoric...
View ArticleLegalization Group Says They Won’t Get Initiative on Florida’s 2016 Ballot
Regulate Florida, the group aiming to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in Florida in 2016 that would legalize recreational pot, is ending its campaign. Members acknowledge they will not be...
View ArticleCompanies Challenge Florida’s Medical Marijuana Licensing
Eleven companies challenged Florida’s limited medical-marijuana program Monday by contesting how the state awarded licenses to start the industry. The challenges mean another round of court proceedings...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Amendment May Get Put on 2016 Ballot
Florida voters are likely to once again decide whether medical marijuana should legal in the state. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously approved the language of a proposed constitutional...
View ArticleSignatures for Florida Marijuana Amendment Sent For State Review
Collecting signatures is over: More than 1 million signatures in favor of legalizing medical marijuana in Florida have been sent for state review, Ben Pollara, campaign manager at United for Care, told...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Law Remains Stuck in Limbo
TALLAHASSEE — In the two years since the Florida Legislature passed a law allowing highly restricted use of medical marijuana to help people with seizures, the measure remains in regulatory limbo with...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Poised to Make It on Florida’s November Ballot
For the past two years, there has been a campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Florida. A proposed constitutional amendment that would have legalized it nearly passed in 2014, when 58 percent of...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Medical Marijuana Will Be on the Ballot in Florida This November
A proposed constitutional amendment to allow medical use of marijuana will be back on the ballot in November, and organizers said Wednesday that growing public support and a larger voter turnout in a...
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