Florida Cannabis & CBD Industry News

Casino Mogul Adelson Makes Huge Donation to Anti-MMJ PAC

Mon / Sep 19th

Sheldon Adelson, the CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., has donated $1 million to the Drug Free Florida Committee, a political… Read More

Nine States Voting on Marijuana Measures in 2016

Wed / Sep 7th

This election season, nine states will be voting on ballot initiatives related to legalizing and regulating cannabis in some form.… Read More

Florida Dispensary Planning Second Location

Sun / Jul 31st

On the heels of their successful first dispensary opening in Tallahassee, Trulieve has announced plans for their second Florida location… Read More

Florida’s First Dispensary Opens as Amendment 2 Opponents Add to War Chest

Wed / Jul 27th

Trulieve’s Tallahassee dispensary opened on schedule yesterday, according to a Sun Sentinel report. Its first customer purchased cannabis capsules to… Read More

Florida Dispensary Makes State’s First Medical Cannabis Delivery

Mon / Jul 25th

Florida’s Trulieve delivered its first medical cannabis package to a patient in Pasco County, CEO Kim Rivers announced last Saturday,… Read More

Florida’s First Dispensary to Open Next Week

Thu / Jul 21st

Florida’s first medical cannabis dispensary is set to open Tuesday, July 26 — two years after it was approved by state lawmakers… Read More

Florida Harvests First Medical Cannabis Crop

Fri / Jul 8th

Florida’s first medical cannabis harvest was performed this week by Surterra Therapeutics, according to a News-Press.com report. “It’s a very exciting place… Read More

Swing State Voters Are Likely to Support Legalization, Study Shows

Thu / May 12th

A solid majority of voters in three notorious Senate election swing states — Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania — support the… Read More

Orlando, Florida Decriminalizes Personal Amounts of Cannabis

Tue / May 10th

City Council members have voted 4-3 to make Orlando the next Florida municipality to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis, according to… Read More

Florida Anti-MMJ Effort Seeks $10 Million

Tue / Apr 26th

Anti-marijuana political mogul Mel Sembler has announced plans to raise $10 million in order to block this year’s voter initiative to legalize… Read More

Florida Revises Full-Strength Medical Cannabis Bill for Terminally Ill Patients

Tue / Feb 9th

A bill that would legalize full-strength medical cannabis for those suffering from terminal illnesses was revived in the Florida legislature… Read More

Florida Medical Cannabis Ballot Proposal Meets Required Number of Signatures

Thu / Jan 28th

A medical cannabis proposal has met the required number of signatures to get on the ballot in Florida. The proposal,… Read More

Florida Medical Cannabis Advocacy Group Announces 900,000 Signatures for MMJ Reform

Fri / Dec 18th

United for Care — the political advocacy group driving a campaign to see medical cannabis legalized in Florida in 2016… Read More

Regulate Florida Campaign Announces End of 2016 Push, Setting Sights for 2018

Mon / Dec 14th

Campaign representatives from the Regulate Florida campaign, an organization advocating for the legalization of recreational cannabis in the Sunshine State, have announced that… Read More

Florida Approves Five Nurseries to Grow Medical Cannabis

Wed / Nov 25th

Florida has approved five nurseries to begin growing low-THC strains of marijuana for medical use. In 2014, voters approved a… Read More

Florida Rep. Introduces MMJ Expansion Bill; United for Care Pushing for 2016 Ballot Measure

Wed / Aug 19th

Florida Rep. Greg Steube (R-Sarasota) has introduced a bill that would remove the cap on the number of low-THC, high-CBD… Read More

Florida’s Largest County Partially Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Tue / Jul 7th

Commissioners of Florida’s largest county voted on Tuesday to allow police officers to issue a civil fine instead of arresting… Read More

Florida MMJ Law Moves Forward Following Legal Suit

Fri / May 29th

A Florida judge upheld the state’s proposed medical marijuana law in a ruling Wednesday, which allows the state to begin… Read More

Florida MMJ Bill Sputters Out

Mon / Apr 27th

An effort in the Florida state legislature to legalize medical marijuana there has failed, says a key lawmaker. Sen. Jeff… Read More

Florida’s Restrictive MMJ Law Faces New Challenges

Mon / Apr 6th

The Florida legislature continues to face legal challenges in its attempt to allow patients access to low-THC, high-CBD marijuana strains… Read More

Florida Lawmakers Consider 2015 MMJ Legalization

Mon / Dec 29th

The 2014 Florida campaign for medical marijuana was a hard-fought battle. And though the fight was narrowly lost, the message was… Read More

Restrictive MMJ Bill Passes in Florida

Mon / May 5th

Lawmakers in Florida approved a bill last Friday that allows limited access to cannabinol (CBD) based medicine that can be… Read More

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