The Fight to Save Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program

The Fight to Save Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program

Opinion
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April 7, 2021
By State Representative Spencer Roach In 2016, Florida voters overwhelmingly expressed their desire for a safe and accessible medical marijuana...
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Brandes On Legalized Recreational Marijuana Use in FL: 'It's Gonna Happen'

Brandes On Legalized Recreational Marijuana Use in FL: 'It's Gonna Happen'

Jim McCool
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March 4, 2021
Across the country, state legislatures have made leaps and bounds to change their statutes on marijuana, medicinal and recreational.  Florida...
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Nikki Fried's political balancing act continues in Florida

Nikki Fried's political balancing act continues in Florida

Javier Manjarres
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October 14, 2019
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) the highest-ranking Democrat in the state, whose face is plastered on every single gas...
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DeSantis signs Hemp, hazing bills

DeSantis signs Hemp, hazing bills

News Service of Florida
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June 26, 2019
TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 15 bills, including health-care priorities of House Speaker Jose Oliva, a plan...
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Smoking medical marijuana gets big lift in Florida

Smoking medical marijuana gets big lift in Florida

News Service of Florida
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June 10, 2019
MIAMI --- While some members expressed concern about patients smoking medical marijuana, the Florida Board of Medicine has approved forms...
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Pot firms seek to open more storefronts

Pot firms seek to open more storefronts

News Service of Florida
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May 7, 2019
Trulieve challenged a limit on the number of storefronts that was included in a 2017 law aimed at carrying out...
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Court argument set in medical marijuana battle

Court argument set in medical marijuana battle

News Service of Florida
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April 29, 2019
A Tallahassee-based appeals court will hear arguments June 11 in a battle about whether lawmakers and the Florida Department of...
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House looks for medical marijuana change

House looks for medical marijuana change

News Service of Florida
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April 3, 2019
While the House bill would set what many consider a low cap of 10 percent on the level of THC...
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Smokable marijuana hits the market

Smokable marijuana hits the market

News Service of Florida
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March 22, 2019
TALLAHASSEE --- A North Florida man who’s struggled with fibromyalgia for years became the state’s first patient to legally buy...
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DeSantis signs bill to allow smokable pot

DeSantis signs bill to allow smokable pot

News Service of Florida
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March 19, 2019
Lawmakers met the deadline, with the House giving final approval Wednesday.
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FL Senate signs off on smokable medical marijuana

FL Senate signs off on smokable medical marijuana

News Service of Florida
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March 8, 2019
The Senate’s 34-4 vote in favor of the measure (SB 182) came two days after the start of the 2019...
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Repeal of Pot Smoking Ban Inches Closer to Completion

Repeal of Pot Smoking Ban Inches Closer to Completion

Daniel Molina
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March 7, 2019
“The House’s concern is that we believe the people voted for medical marijuana."
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Lawmakers move cautiously on medical marijuana

Lawmakers move cautiously on medical marijuana

News Service of Florida
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February 27, 2019
Even a new governor --- and with him, an administration that’s no longer hostile to the concept of cannabis as...
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House, Senate move closer to ending pot smoking ban

House, Senate move closer to ending pot smoking ban

News Service of Florida
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February 22, 2019
The House and Senate moved closer to agreement on the issue, after the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday eliminated a...
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Lawmakers give green light to smokable marijuana

Lawmakers give green light to smokable marijuana

News Service of Florida
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February 13, 2019
Under Brandes’ amendment, residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospice facilities would be allowed to smoke medical marijuana,...
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Changes cloud effort to repeal pot smoking ban

Changes cloud effort to repeal pot smoking ban

News Service of Florida
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February 5, 2019
Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican who has long been a proponent of medical marijuana, has filed a measure...
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Marijuana smoking legal battle put on hold

Marijuana smoking legal battle put on hold

News Service of Florida
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January 30, 2019
An appeals court Tuesday put on hold a case challenging the constitutionality of a ban on smoking medical marijuana, as...
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Second bill filed to end Marijuana smoking ban

Second bill filed to end Marijuana smoking ban

News Service of Florida
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January 29, 2019
With Gov. Ron DeSantis backing the issue, Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, filed a bill Monday that would eliminate a...
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