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Florida says it will award 22 new medical marijuana licenses
Tuesday’s decision can be and will be appealed, say those involved in the industry
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Florida Gov. DeSantis spends day before election bashing recreational marijuana amendment
‘I don’t think they’re going to think it’s something that’s appropriate to be in the state of Florida’s Constitution’
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Bipartisan group blasts DeSantis for using taxpayer money to fight Florida’s Amendment 3
‘This is undemocratic and a violation of Florida laws to spend taxpayer funds on political ads. Period.’
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Trulieve CEO tours Florida to ‘set the record straight’ on Amendment 3
The company has invested more than $80 million to get Amendment 3 passed in Florida this fall
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Trulieve sues Florida GOP for defamation over ad featuring ‘Big Weed’ character
The company accused the party of launching an ‘intentionally deceptive campaign’ to mislead voters
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Florida sheriffs and police chiefs oppose recreational marijuana initiative
‘The well-being and health of the citizens of Florida are threatened through the legalization and normalization of recreational marijuana’
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Trulieve adds another $5 million to effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida
Smart & Safe Florida is leading efforts to pass a recreational-marijuana initiative on the November ballot.
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PAC aiming to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida raises $313K in a week
In all, the Smart & Safe Florida committee has raised nearly $61.5 million
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‘We cannot have every town smelling like marijuana’: DeSantis says his new PAC will fight recreational pot amendment
The governor has attacked Amendment 3 when talking about plans for the PAC launched in May, calling the initiative ‘bogus’
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Florida hemp industry breathes temporary sigh of relief after DeSantis veto
DeSantis appeared to respond in part to warnings it would deal a blow to tens of thousands of people working in the industry
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Cannabis is about to be ‘re-scheduled’ by feds. What does that mean for Florida’s push for recreational marijuana?
Critics say that decision can’t obscure the concerns that have surfaced in recent years stemming from its high potency
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‘Florida has a chance to make history’: Only three states have passed recreational weed on the ballot by more than 60 percent
Florida advocacy groups prepare to crank up their cannabis campaigns in the upcoming months
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Pot companies are pouring money into Florida’s recreational marijuana initiative
Trulieve has contributed nearly $50 million to pass a constitutional amendment to authorize recreational marijuana in Florida
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‘This state will start to smell like marijuana’: Gov. DeSantis complains about marijuana, abortion amendments in Florida
The governor criticized the recreational marijuana measure, which will appear as Amendment 3 on the November ballot, calling it the ‘weed one’
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Florida Supreme Court approves recreational pot amendment for November ballot
The Florida Supreme Court is the final decision-maker determining whether a proposed constitutional amendment makes it on the ballot
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Florida Supreme Court likely to rule on abortion, recreational marijuana amendments Monday
If the proposals reach the ballot, they would need approval from 60 percent of voters to pass
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Florida lawmakers back more medical-marijuana licenses for Black farmers
The expansion will open the door for three applicants who lost out earlier
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Florida lawmakers pass bill targeting hemp-based products
The bill drew an outcry from manufacturers and sellers of hemp-based products who warned it would shutter businesses and drive people to the illegal drug market
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Farmers, businesses push back on Florida Republicans’ efforts to restrict THC products
Critics of the legislation maintain that it is driven by medical-marijuana operators to cut off competition
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‘It’ll be on the ballot’: DeSantis says recreational marijuana will go before Florida voters this November
‘I think the court is going to approve it. So, yeah, it’ll be on the ballot.’
