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Will Florida Ever Legalize Weed?

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Four States Just Legalized Weed. Is Florida Next?

By Carlos Miller
Nov 12, 2020

It's become clear that conservative voters enjoy cannabis as much as liberals.
Olive Oil Tinctures Skirt Florida's Edibles Ban

By Kristine Gill
Jan 22, 2020

Flavored tinctures are a sort of loophole in Florida law, which prohibits edibles.
Florida Petition to Legalize Marijuana Dies From Lack of Signatures

By Jose D. Duran and Jessica Lipscomb
Dec 17, 2019

It was a valiant effort, but one of Florida's front-running petition drives to legalize recreational marijuana will not be on the 2020 ballot, owing to a lack of signatures. Regulate Florida, which sought to govern cannabis in a similar fashion to alcohol, announced yesterday it didn't have nearly enough support...
Recreational Weed Would Pump $190 Million Into Florida's Economy, Report Says

By Kristine Gill
Nov 22, 2019

If approved in 2020, recreational marijuana could inject a whopping $190 million in sales tax and tourism dollars into Florida each year. That's according to a recent financial analysis of an ongoing ballot initiative, which a state commission reviewed earlier this month. The analysts say the overall economic effect would...
Two Bills Could Dismantle Florida's Medical Marijuana "Cartel"

By Alec Anello
Nov 22, 2019

In Florida, companies such as Philip Morris and Bacardi aren't required to cultivate and process raw plant material and then package, distribute, and sell their cigarettes and rum. But for some reason, state law requires medical marijuana producers to operate exactly that way. Florida legislation requires the medical marijuana industry...
Florida Lawsuit Shows Lack of Regulation for CBD Products, Experts Say

By Kristine Gill
Oct 14, 2019

Experts say a recent class-action lawsuit filed in Florida signals a growing need for more stringent regulation and enforcement of the hemp and CBD industries in the state. The suit alleges the Fort Lauderdale company Diamond CBD and the Denver-based First Capital Venture Co. misrepresented the amount of CBD in...
New Bill Would Make Florida 27th State to Decriminalize Marijuana

By Manuel Madrid
Aug 6, 2019

As Floridians continue to ponder the idea of a not-so-distant future in which weed is legal, Democratic state Rep. Shevrin Jones has moved for more sudden action. Yesterday he introduced a bill that would decriminalize possession of certain quantities of marijuana in Florida.
Baptist Health Diagnoses Medical Marijuana Patient With Drug Abuse

By Jess Nelson
Aug 6, 2019

The morning of June 20, Michael Morell woke up as he did every weekday, when his alarm clock rang at 6. The 34-year-old father of two sat up and reached over to his bedside table to hit snooze. But when he attempted to lie back down, his muscles became rigid, leaving him frozen in a sitting position.
With Petition Milestone, Recreational Marijuana Is One Step Closer in Florida

By Jessica Lipscomb
Jul 31, 2019

For years, Floridians have watched from the sidelines as states such as Colorado, California, and even Michigan have legalized recreational marijuana. But with activists pushing to get recreational weed on the 2020 ballot in Florida, the possibility of legalization now seems likelier than ever. Yesterday the advocacy group Regulate Florida...
Where to Buy Medical Marijuana in Florida

By Naomi Feinstein
Jun 4, 2019

Here's a list of every medical marijuana dispensary in Florida.
Medical Marijuana Cost a Nursing Student Her Spot at Nova Southeastern

Medical marijuana cost a nursing student her spot at Nova Southeastern.

By Brittany Shammas
May 7, 2019

When Kaitlin McKeon was confronted with the results of her drug test, she already knew what it would show: positive for marijuana. Before she'd even enrolled in the nursing program at Nova Southeastern University, the bubbly then-23-year-old had told school officials she had a medical marijuana card and used the...
The Ten Best 4/20 Parties and Events in South Florida

By Dominique Stewart
Apr 17, 2019

4/20 is bound to be bigger than ever in Florida this year in the wake of medical marijuana legalization and increasing acceptance of bud-derived products.
Will Florida Legalize Recreational Marijuana in 2020?

By Brittany Shammas
Mar 26, 2019

More than two years after voting overwhelmingly to legalize medical marijuana, Floridians are still fighting for access. Smoking it remained illegal until just days ago. And in cities such as Miami Beach, officials are hellbent on restricting where and how dispensaries can operate. Other places, including Boca Raton and Coral...
Former Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo Joins Cannabis Lobbying Group

By Dominique Stewart
Mar 20, 2019

Former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo will serve as a strategic adviser for the Cannabis Trade Federation, a nonprofit that aims to educate and advocate for cannabis public policy.
GrowHealthy Opens Its Third Florida Cannabis Dispensary in Lake Worth

By Falyn Freyman
Mar 5, 2019

Medical cannabis company GrowHealthy will open a dispensary in Lake Worth this week. The shop is the company's third in Florida and second in Palm Beach County. The company has plans to open 17 additional dispensaries throughout the state in 2019.
Legal Recreational Pot Could Come to Florida, Just Like Vermont

By Chris Joseph
Feb 28, 2019

“Marijuana legalization is coming,” State Sen. Randolph Bracy says as he talks up his bill that would place the legalization of recreational marijuana in voters' hands in the November 2020 general election. “There are going to be a couple of bills proposed this year to regulate it,” says the Orange...
Where to Buy Medical Marijuana and CBD in Palm Beach County

By Falyn Freyman
Feb 26, 2019

With more medical marijuana patients and doctors than ever, demand is soaring for cannabis products in the state of Florida. With a newly-appointed cannabis director and agricultural commissioner Nikki Fried prioritizing better patient access to medical weed, it's only a matter of time before marijuana products are freely available to those who need it, whenever they need it.
Here's Proof Getting Medical Marijuana in Florida Is Becoming Easier

By Falyn Freyman
Feb 19, 2019

When 62-year-old cancer survivor Jer Valentino set out to obtain his medical marijuana card, the Naples, Florida, resident had to wait two weeks before he could even see a doctor. Another three months and several hundred dollars later, he finally had the pot he needed to treat the...
Nikki Fried: Florida Needs Smokeable Marijuana Now

By Nikki Fried
Feb 13, 2019

Twenty-seven months have passed since Floridians overwhelmingly voted for the right to access medical marijuana. But you wouldn’t know it by the way the previous administration obstructed access, slowed implementation, and denied the will of the people. Nearly 200,000 patients in Florida have used this medicine for relief from terminal...
What Floridians Should Know About CBD, Pot's Nonpsychoactive Sibling

By Falyn Freyman
Feb 13, 2019

Last week, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried — the only Democrat elected statewide in the 2018 midterms — shook up her 4,000-employee agency by appointing Holly Bell the state's first-ever cannabis director. While Fried campaigned on a promise to increase medical marijuana access, both she and the new...