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
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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