Florida Nurseries Sue to Stop Growing of Marijuana for Medical Use
In the latest twist in a nearly two-year struggle to offer limited types of medical-marijuana in Florida, three nurseries filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to at least temporarily block competitors from...
View ArticleSick Children Wait As Florida Nurseries Squabble Over Medical Marijuana
A dozen nurseries are challenging the way Florida awarded licenses to grow and dispense the drug — and asking an administrative law judge to take a second look at the applications that were passed...
View ArticleFlorida Senate Passes Expanded Medical Marijuana Bill, Sends It to Governor
The Florida Senate sent Gov. Rick Scott a bill allowing terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana in the last year of their lives, despite arguments that the measure sets up a “state-sanctioned...
View ArticleTampa Council Votes to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana
The Tampa City Council gave final approval Thursday morning to a new law allowing police to fine rather than arrest people found in possession of small amounts of marijuana. Council members voted 5-1...
View ArticleFlorida OKs Medical Marijuana for the Terminally Ill
With Floridians poised to vote this fall on broad legalization of medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill that will allow terminally ill patients to have access to marijuana as they...
View ArticleOrlando May Be Latest Florida City to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Pot
Orlando could soon become the latest Florida city to effectively decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, allowing police officers to issue citations, rather than make arrests. The City Council on...
View ArticleOrlando Reduces Penalties for Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana
With a 4-3 vote Monday, the Orlando City Council adopted a revised measure that essentially decriminalizes possessing 20 grams or less of marijuana and gives police officers discretion to issue civil...
View ArticleSome 80% of Florida Voters Favor Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Florida voters overwhelmingly support legalization of medical marijuana, pollsters said Wednesday, and most also favor legalization of recreational pot use. The Quinnipiac University poll found 80...
View ArticleBusinesses Have Eyes Set On Florida’s Medical Marijuana Bill in November
Rosie Yagielo runs a marijuana business at the southern edge of a state where medical pot isn’t available. Based in a small office in Key Largo, HempStaff doesn’t grow the drug or sell it. Yet it could...
View ArticleFlorida’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...
View ArticleFlorida 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...
View ArticleNAACP AND MINORITIES 4 MEDICAL MARIJUANA ENDORSE AMENDMENT 2 & UNITED FOR CARE
PRESS RELEASE Chairman John Morgan Speaks at NAACP State Conference (Miami Beach) – The Florida NAACP and Minorities 4 Medical Marijuana, headquartered in Orlando, are both endorsing Amendment 2, which...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Vote Nears as Big Donors Make Final Push
TALLAHASSEE — Come Nov. 8, Florida could be the 26th state to legalize full-strength medical marijuana for patients with cancer, epilepsy and a host of other conditions. That gives supporters and...
View ArticleNine States Will Vote for Marijuana Today
The Green Party’s candidate for US president will be on the ballot in 45 states today; green will be on the ballot in nine. Voters in Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota will decide if they want...
View ArticleTrump May Determine Fate of Medical Pot in Florida
TALLAHASSEE — More than 71 percent of voters approved an amendment expanding medical marijuana in Florida last month, but the fate of patients who rely on the drug and the burgeoning marijuana industry...
View ArticleFlorida’s First Medical Marijuana Regulations Would Ban Smoking and Using...
Florida’s United for Care campaign spent two full election cycles — 2014 and 2016 — drafting, fighting, and pushing Floridians to legalize medicinal cannabis for demonstrably sick people. Last year, 72...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Compromise Likely Won’t Allow Smoking
Florida patients may be able to vape or munch on medical-marijuana products but they almost certainly won’t be allowed to light up joints or take bong hits, under a compromise being worked on by House...
View ArticleFlorida Lawmakers Still Don’t See Eye to Eye on Medical Marijuana
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers hope to agree by week’s end on medical marijuana, but the House and Senate bills still have many differences to resolve. The Legislature is trying to come up...
View ArticleFlorida’s medical marijuana program: What’s next?
Florida’s medical marijuana bill is in limbo. It failed to pass on the state’s last legislative session, May 5. Since it failed to pass, new rules are slated to be issued by Friday, May 13 by the...
View ArticleLawmakers strike deal to address medical marijuana in special session
TALLAHASSEE – State lawmakers on Wednesday reached agreement on how to put medical marijuana — passed overwhelmingly by voters in November — into effect in Florida. Legislative leaders are expected to...
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