Florida is home to one of the country’s largest medical cannabis marketplaces but decriminalization and adult-use reforms have so far evaded the state. Read the latest Florida cannabis industry updates below:
Tue / May 9th
After a failure by Florida’s legislature to compromise on legislation that would enact the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis amendment, the… Read More
Wed / Apr 19th
Florida’s House and Senate are continuing to make changes to the state’s medical cannabis constitutional amendment enacted by voters last… Read More
Wed / Mar 29th
A proposal by Florida House Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues that would prohibit smoking medical cannabis, ban edibles and all but… Read More
Wed / Mar 15th
Bills have been filed in both houses of Florida’s legislature that would decriminalize up to 1 ounce of cannabis and… Read More
Thu / Mar 9th
Under the Florida Legislature’s proposed medical cannabis regulations, the voter-approved regime would be more restrictive than before, banning patients from… Read More
Fri / Feb 10th PRESS RELEASE
West Palm Beach, FL – The first business conference designed for east coast states that have recently adopted medical and recreational marijuana… Read More
Thu / Feb 2nd
Florida state Sen. Jeff Brandes has introduced legislation that would totally reform the state’s medical marijuana program, according to a… Read More
Tue / Jan 10th
A cannabis licensing case is headed back to a Florida administrative law judge after the companies could not come to… Read More
Fri / Jan 6th
A Jacksonville, Florida Navy veteran is the first person in the city to receive a medical cannabis home delivery, First… Read More
Wed / Jan 4th
After a long battle, Florida finally passed a real medical cannabis bill in November, 2016. The historic amendment requires the… Read More
Tue / Jan 3rd
The tenets of Florida’s voter-backed expansion of the state’s medical cannabis program are effective today, however the full implementation of… Read More
Thu / Dec 22nd
After nearly a year of litigation against state Department of Health, a Central Florida nursery has been issued a medical… Read More
Fri / Nov 11th
Officials in Florida have a tricky task in front of them — how to implement the new tenets of the medical… Read More
Wed / Nov 9th
Voters in California, Nevada, and Massachusetts have legalized adult cannabis use. Ballots are still being counted in Maine, and it… Read More
Tue / Nov 8th
Many eyes are watching Florida this year as it takes its second attempt at establishing a workable medical marijuana program.… Read More
Mon / Nov 7th
Arcturus Growthstar Technologies Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase a 10-acre greenhouse in Florida that is already zoned… Read More
Wed / Oct 26th PODCAST
Danielle Keane is the Political Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. She recently joined… Read More
Fri / Oct 21st
NORML of Florida is suing Broward County Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda Snipes after it was revealed that mail-in ballots… Read More
Mon / Oct 3rd
The pro-legalization campaign in Florida has received a $1 million cash infusion from New Approach, a committee that has bankrolled… Read More
Mon / Sep 26th
A Florida administrative law judge has ruled that the Department of Health broke its own rules when it granted growing… Read More
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
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
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
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 was a relative latecomer when it came to legalizing medical cannabis but today it is one of the largest state-legal cannabis markets (although recreational cannabis use remains prohibited). Voters overwhelmingly chose to legalize medical cannabis in 2016 through a constitutional amendment — previously, lawmakers had established a very minimal program that let seriously ill patients with cancer or epilepsy access low-THC cannabis products.
The current program is regulated by the Office of Medical Marijuana Use, which is a part of the Florida Health Department. Advocates intend to put the issue of general cannabis legalization to Florida voters in the coming years.
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