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Over the past month, I've received dozens of calls and emails from Floridians looking to take advantage of the new Amendment 2 if and when it passes in Florida this November. As I've previously written, Florida has a love/hate relationship with its marijuana law and rule-making. But this time...

Voters this year will again consider whether Florida should join 23 states and legalize full-strength marijuana for medical use. The proposed Amendment 2 won 58 percent of the needed 60 percent voter approval in 2014. This time, backers of the proposed constitutional amendment have the benefit...

Two years ago, the medical marijuana constitutional amendment was on the ballot in Florida. Even though a majority of voters supported it – 58 percent – it failed to meet the 60 percent threshold needed for passage. There was a strong and well-financed opposition that relied on doomsday...

Two years ago, the medical marijuana constitutional amendment was on the ballot. Even though a majority of Florida voters supported it – 58 percent – it failed to meet the 60 percent threshold needed for passage. There was a strong and well-financed opposition that relied on doomsday...

In 2014, facing a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, the Florida Legislature approved its own form of medical marijuana designed to help kids that suffer from epilepsy. The non-euphoric marijuana, known as "Charlotte's Web," is still not available. Now, facing a...

One of the biggest laws to pass through the Florida legislature this year revolved around medical marijuana, and even though the bill passed with wide support from both chambers and is waiting to be signed off by Gov. Rick Scott, not everyone in the Sunshine State is happy with the state's newly...

The group backing the effort to legalize medical marijuana raised more than $90,000 in February. People United for Medical Marijuana raised $90,323 in February, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Division of Elections. Top donors during the one-month fundraising period...

Florida's medical marijuana system is small, and by some accounts, deeply flawed and broken. "It's going to be much more broken after the amendment [Amendment Two] passes in November. At the end of the day, we have to come back and do this the right way," said Republican Senator Jeff...

The Florida House overwhelming voted Thursday to expand medical marijuana in Florida, teeing up a vote in the Senate on a similar proposal later this week. Lawmakers voted 99-16 to approve a bill (HB 307/HB 1313) to expand the Right to Try Act to include medical cannabis. Under the proposal...

The House will hold a floor session and take up numerous issues, including proposals that would place additional restrictions on abortion clinics and allow terminally ill patients to have access to medical marijuana. The abortion bill (HB 1411), sponsored by Rep. Colleen Burton, R-Lakeland...

Make way, politicos: medical marijuana is coming back to the House floor. The Florida House is ready to take up a bill to legalize medical marijuana for dying patients on Wednesday. The legislation -- HB 307/HB 1313 -- would give patients in the state's "compassionate use" registry the...

Carlos and Sharon Cano have been married for 38 years. "We met when we were young," Sharon said. These best friends have not left each other's side. Not when Sharon had cancer and not now that Carlos has dementia. "It's a bad illness," she said. He was diagnosed in 2010 and has been...

Marijuana is legally growing in Florida. After receiving approval from the Florida Department of Health last week, it's official: Alpha Foliage, Inc. of Homestead is the first licensed nursery to legally plant marijuana for medical use in Florida. Surterra Therapeutics, is Alpha Foliage's...

More Floridians could have access to medical marijuana under a proposal that cleared a House panel this week. The House Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday voted 17-0 to approve a proposal that expands the 2015 Right to Try Act to include cannabis. The committee combined two...

Families who qualify for Florida's small medical marijuana program could soon have access to the drug by summer. It's been nearly two years since the Florida legislature approved the use of a non-euphoric strain of marijuana for certain conditions. The Florida Department of Health has built...

If you're wondering why there's so much legal fighting over medical marijuana licenses in Florida, here's a billion-dollar answer. According to the State of Legal Marijuana Markets report, legal marijuana in the U.S. is projected to grow to a $21.8 billion industry by 2020. And Florida is a...

One of the largest unions in the country is throwing its weight behind a campaign to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of Florida endorsed United for Care's ballot initiative Tuesday, which will allow Floridians to...

The push to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes received the backing of the Service Employees International Union of Florida. "The Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions ballot initiative is about compassion and quality of care for patients. There are hundreds of thousands...

Hey All J.Cole here former Legislative Contact Coordinator from PGH Norml. Cancer diagnosis and moved to Florida to be near family. Currently Director of SW Florida Norml and still fighting this fight. Love to talk to anyone with info on Avidekel or very similar genetics. Hope to talk to some...

Florida has a love/hate relationship with marijuana. You may not know it, but Florida has a very limited medical marijuana program that its legislature adopted in 2014 and that's been entangled in legal challenges almost from its inception. In the same year, Florida also tried passing a medical...