Florida group aims to legalize marijuana for (almost) everyone
A group known as the Florida Cannabis Action Network is working towards full marijuana legalization in Florida
Category: Florida Marijuana News and Information
What’s the latest with marijuana legalization in Florida?
In 2016 Florida became the first state in the south to pass a citizen ballot initiative that would create a robust medical marijuana program. With the passage of Amendment 2, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved safe access to a wide range of medical marijuana choices for patients suffering from several severe and chronic medical conditions. In order to qualify for a Florida medical marijuana card, patients must:
- Suffer from one of nine medical conditions: Cancer, Epilepsy, Glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Crohn’s, PTSD, MS, ALS, Parkinson’s Disease (or another “debilitating medical condition”)
- Receive written certification from a doctor stating that the patient suffers from a qualifying medical condition
- Submit the physician’s certification to the Florida Department of Health, who will be responsible for issuing individual and caregiver medical marijuana cards.
Latest Florida Marijuana News
Florida just legalized medical marijuana. Now what?
[su_dropcap style=”flat”]I[/su_dropcap]n what will certainly go down in the books the most memorable election in anyone’s memory, Florida voters returned to the polls this year and overwhelmingly approved that state’s medical marijuana ballot initiative, Amendment 2. While this historic vote was an incredibly important step in reducing the harm …
Florida Woman Acquitted of Growing Marijuana for Medical Use
A 54 year-old woman was found not-guilty of cultivating marijuana Friday by a circuit court jury in southern Florida, who delivered the verdict despite the woman’s testimony that she had grown the marijuana plants she had been accused of growing. Bridget Kirouac, who told jurors that she suffers …
More Complaints Over Florida’s Botched Medical Marijuana Implementation
NURSERY ALLEGES IMPROPER DISQUALIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENSE Tallahassee, Fla. – On December 11, 2015 San Felasco Nurseries, Inc. filed a protest against the Florida Department of Health for “mistakenly disqualifying their application for the medical marijuana license in the Northeast Region of Florida.” According to a press …
Campaign to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Florida Fails to Reach Goal
A campaign that was launched earlier this year to legalize and regulate marijuana for recreational purposes in Florida has folded up Shop. Regulate Florida aimed to collect enough petition signatures to get the question of whether or not Florida should allow the legalization and regulation of marijuana like alcohol …
Will a proposed Broward County decriminalization ordinance fix their huge race problem?
Yet another Florida locality is looking to remove criminal penalties for minor marijuana offenders. Officials in Broward County are considering implementing civil fines for misdemeanor marijuana possession, rather than arrests and criminal charges. County commissioners are scheduled to discuss a proposed ordinance today that would allow law enforcement officers to …
Florida City Decriminalizes Marijuana — But Not Really
Police in the city of West Palm Beach now have the option of issuing civil citations for minor marijuana offenses instead of hauling offenders to jail due to a new ordinance passed by the city council last Thursday. Juveniles, felons, or offenders that are on probation or with DUI records …
Florida Cannabis Expo Gets Celeb Keynote Speaker
Floridians who are anxious to stake an early claim in what is predicted to be the country’s second-largest medical marijuana market will have a chance to rub elbows with cannabis industry professionals, medical experts and celebrities alike at a new business expo aimed at cannabusiness hopefuls and medical professionals in …
This Police Department is Trying to Decriminalize Marijuana (you read it right)
An ordinance proposed by the Miami-Dade Police Department, if passed, would allow officers to issue civil citations that carry a $100 fine for possessing small amounts of marijuana rather than making a physical arrest. Under the new ordinance, a person caught with less than 20 grams of marijuana …
Florida CBD “Dispensaries” Could Open by Early 2016
After months of legal wrangling, it finally looks like Florida is setting a clear timetable for the rollout of its CBD program. The state Health Department is scheduled to accept applications from June 17 to July 8 for five business licenses to produce and sell CBD-based products. Officials will …
Jury Finds Florida Man NOT GUILTY of Growing Medical Marijuana
For the first time, the “medical marijuana necessity defense” has been used to successfully defend an ill patient in a jury trial. The patient, a 50 year old man from Fort Lauderdale that we recently told you about here, suffers from chronic anorexia which causes nausea, vomiting, weight …