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Florida’s top marijuana regulator leaves post as state prepares to defend new medical licenses
Florida in November 2024 awarded 22 new medical marijuana licenses
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Orlando Weekly Cannabis covers dispensaries, legalization news, medical marijuana, and cannabis culture in Orlando and across Florida.
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A new player in the Orlando cannabis dispensary community, Goldflower is Floridian through and through
Orlando cannabis consumers now have a new home-grown option
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Backers of Florida’s new recreational marijuana initiative argue it’s unlikely to reach voters without help from the courts
Smart & Safe Florida, a PAC sponsoring the proposal, filed the emergency motion for a preliminary injunction last week
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Florida group aiming to legalize marijuana joins fight against ballot initiative restrictions
Smart & Safe Florida called the new restrictions signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘legislative gaslighting’
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Florida hemp industry dodges regulations on THC products, hemp-infused drinks this year
The Legislature failed to pass anything on hemp before unofficially ending the legislative session Friday
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Florida House panel advances proposal to tax all hemp-derived THC products at 15%
The measure is one of two regarding regulation of hemp-derived THC products that were approved unanimously in the House Budget Committee
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Trulieve pours nearly $20M into Florida’s latest recreational marijuana effort
Trulieve made about $145 million in contributions to back a recreational marijuana amendment on the 2024 ballot
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More than 150,000 people have signed Florida’s new recreational marijuana petition
The Smart & Safe Florida committee totaled 150,805 valid signatures as of Tuesday afternoon
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MMJ may be the only way to get legal weed in the Sunshine State for the foreseeable future
Insa dispensary partners with Leafwell clinics to help patients get their medical marijuana cards
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Orlando cannabis fans are set to blaze this weekend at Florida Groves Festival
The ‘cannabisseurs’ behind the music and art fest expect 7K attendees this weekend
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Florida Republicans want stricter regulations on THC beverages
Such beverages were not included in a wide-ranging 2024 measure that hemp retailers and growers strenuously opposed and which the governor vetoed
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Bill aimed at restricting Florida’s hemp industry heads to Senate floor
This years’s bill (SB 438) is similar to last year’s — with more restrictions
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Florida Republican lawmaker proposes legislation to regulate hemp-infused drinks
It would ban those drinks being sold at any locations other than ones already licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, adding additional prohibitions and requirements
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Florida Republican files bill to allow for ‘home grow’ of medical marijuana
Sen. Joe Gruters’ bill would allow a qualified medical marijuana patient to grow up to two cannabis plants at his or her home
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Florida marijuana company appeals decision to ban marijuana dispensaries at gas stations
The pending petition, in part, questioned state health officials’ position that locating a dispensary adjacent to a convenience store would increase risks of crime
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Florida has a new recreational marijuana proposal in the works for 2026 ballot
A political committee bankrolled by the state’s largest medical-marijuana company has launched a new effort to allow recreational pot in Florida
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Florida Senator files bill for anti-discrimination protections for medical marijuana patients
The measure also would prohibit the presumption of neglect or child endangerment based on a parent’s status as a certified medical marijuana patient
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Judge OKs rejection of plan for marijuana dispensaries at Florida gas stations
Green Thumb Industries, which operates RISE dispensaries in Florida, more than two years ago announced a lease agreement with Circle K stores
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Florida court rules police can’t search vehicles based on alert from drug-sniffing dogs
The court said a drug-sniffing dog’s alert did not justify a search because the dog could not differentiate between medical marijuana and illegal pot
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Florida Democrat files bill to protect medical marijuana rights for government employees
It would not protect an employee impaired at work
