medicinal marijuana

The Fight to Save Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program

By State Representative Spencer Roach In 2016, Florida voters overwhelmingly expressed their desire for a safe and accessible medical marijuana…

3 years ago

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

Across the country, state legislatures have made leaps and bounds to change their statutes on marijuana, medicinal and recreational.  Florida…

3 years ago

Nikki Fried's political balancing act continues in Florida

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) the highest-ranking Democrat in the state, whose face is plastered on every single gas…

5 years ago

DeSantis signs Hemp, hazing bills

TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 15 bills, including health-care priorities of House Speaker Jose Oliva, a plan…

5 years ago

Smoking medical marijuana gets big lift in Florida

MIAMI --- While some members expressed concern about patients smoking medical marijuana, the Florida Board of Medicine has approved forms…

5 years ago

Pot firms seek to open more storefronts

Trulieve challenged a limit on the number of storefronts that was included in a 2017 law aimed at carrying out…

5 years ago

Court argument set in medical marijuana battle

A Tallahassee-based appeals court will hear arguments June 11 in a battle about whether lawmakers and the Florida Department of…

5 years ago

House looks for medical marijuana change

While the House bill would set what many consider a low cap of 10 percent on the level of THC…

5 years ago

Smokable marijuana hits the market

TALLAHASSEE --- A North Florida man who’s struggled with fibromyalgia for years became the state’s first patient to legally buy…

5 years ago

DeSantis signs bill to allow smokable pot

Lawmakers met the deadline, with the House giving final approval Wednesday.

5 years ago

FL Senate signs off on smokable medical marijuana

The Senate’s 34-4 vote in favor of the measure (SB 182) came two days after the start of the 2019…

5 years ago

Repeal of Pot Smoking Ban Inches Closer to Completion

“The House’s concern is that we believe the people voted for medical marijuana."

5 years ago

Lawmakers move cautiously on medical marijuana

Even a new governor --- and with him, an administration that’s no longer hostile to the concept of cannabis as…

5 years ago

House, Senate move closer to ending pot smoking ban

The House and Senate moved closer to agreement on the issue, after the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday eliminated a…

5 years ago

Lawmakers give green light to smokable marijuana

Under Brandes’ amendment, residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospice facilities would be allowed to smoke medical marijuana,…

5 years ago

Changes cloud effort to repeal pot smoking ban

Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican who has long been a proponent of medical marijuana, has filed a measure…

5 years ago

Marijuana smoking legal battle put on hold

An appeals court Tuesday put on hold a case challenging the constitutionality of a ban on smoking medical marijuana, as…

5 years ago

Second bill filed to end Marijuana smoking ban

With Gov. Ron DeSantis backing the issue, Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, filed a bill Monday that would eliminate a…

5 years ago