On Election Day, Floridians overwhelmingly voted in favor of Amendment 2, a bill that expands the use of medical marijuana for patients with debilitating diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, cancer and other conditions. According to some legal experts, Florida’s legalization of medical marijuana use is a victory for supporters of national marijuana law reform. Where […]
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Florida Becomes 1st State in the South to Approve Medical Marijuana
2016 Election Shaping Up as Watershed Moment for Movement to End Marijuana Prohibition Florida voters have approved the state’s medical marijuana initiative, Amendment 2. This victory makes Florida, with its huge population and bellwether status in American politics, the first state in the South to adopt a medical marijuana law. November 8, 2016 Drug Policy […]
Four Reasons Medical Cannabis Will Likely Pass In Florida This Year
This coming Election Day, nearly 20 percent of American states will vote on whether to legalize marijuana. In exactly a week, we’ll know whether Florida voters joined the legal-pot club. For the second straight election, Orlando superlawyer John Morgan has backed a massive campaign to legalize medical marijuana for patients with debilitating illnesses such as […]
Florida Man Manufactures Cannabis Cars, and You Can Own One
While the concept of building an automobile made entirely of fibers derived from the cannabis plant has been a part of the American underground since the days of Henry Ford, the production of a more environmentally sound means of transportation has yet to gain enough trac… Read article here: High Times
Florida House Passes Medical Marijuana Bill, United for Care’s Amendment 2 Still the Patients’ Choice
Despite the inability of the state to roll out a low-THC medical marijuana program for cancer and seizure patients in a timely fashion, not to mention the distinct possibility that voters will pass an initiative this November that will bring about a comprehensive medicina… Read article here: High Times
Florida Voters Will Likely Get to Decide on Medical Marijuana This Year
Although Florida lawmakers approved an ultra-restrictive medical marijuana program two years ago, state health officials are still nowhere even close to organizing the regulatory affairs that are supposed to eventually allow the distribution of low-THC cannabis products t… Read article here: High Times
Florida Chooses Five Dispensaries for Legal CBD Strains
On Monday, Florida's Dept of Health Office of Compassionate Use announced the selection of five medicinal cannabis nursery/dispensaries to cultivate and distribute theCBD-rich"Charlotte's Web" strain statewide, which was welcome news to ailin… Read article here: High Times
Florida: Medical Marijuana Law Misses Deadline, Nearly A Year Behind Schedule
Almost a year-and-a-half since Gov. Rick Scott and state lawmakers legalized a form of medical marijuana, the latest deadline for making it available to Floridians has gone up in smoke. Again. “I have gotten so very angry,” said Ava Pence, a Palm Beach Gardens teacher whose 9-year-old daughter, Meredith, suffers from Dravet syndrome, a severe […]
Florida Makes Final Preparations For Growing And Dispensing Medical Marijuana
Rod Hollingsworth Jr. came of age watching his father and grandfather grow orchids in this community of sprawling farms and historic homes along the Peace River. He learned to appreciate the shape of their petals, each shade of violet, magenta and white. But lately, a different flowering plant has been on his mind. Hollingsworth wants […]
Florida: Panel Prepares To Move Forward With Medical Marijuana
State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry off the ground. The Department of Health tapped two of its own workers – Christian Bax, […]