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  Olive Oil Tinctures Skirt Florida's Edibles Ban

  January 22 at 9:09 a.m.

  Flavored tinctures are a sort of loophole in Florida law, which prohibits edibles.

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  Florida Petition to Legalize Marijuana Dies From Lack of Signatures

  Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 1:28 p.m.

  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...

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  Recreational Weed Would Pump $190 Million Into Florida's Economy, Report Says

  Friday, November 22, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

  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...

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  Two Bills Could Dismantle Florida's Medical Marijuana "Cartel"

  Friday, November 22, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

  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...

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  Florida Lawsuit Shows Lack of Regulation for CBD Products, Experts Say

  Monday, October 14, 2019 at 10:37 a.m.

  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...

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  New Bill Would Make Florida 27th State to Decriminalize Marijuana

  Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

  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.