Medical marijuana and CBD sales rise sharply during COVID-19 pandemic
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana September 29, 2020 0
September 29, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Florida is seeing a surge in sales of medical marijuana and CBD hemp products as more people turn to them to treat their anxiety, insomnia and pain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters in 2016 approved the state’s new medical marijuana industry,... Read more
Popular California marijuana company gets Florida license, prepared to open in 2021
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana September 22, 2020 0
A California-based cannabis company known for its celebrity partnerships, colorful marketing and crowd-drawing interiors is headed to Florida. COOKIES, headed up by Bay-area rapper Gilbert Anthony Milan Jr., or “Berner,” has acquired one of Florida’s 22 coveted medical marijuana treatment center licenses and plans to begin business in 2021.... Read more
Florida marijuana patients able to gobble up pot products
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana September 3, 2020 0
Just one week after health officials signed off on guidelines for edible pot products, Florida’s largest medical marijuana operator on Wednesday began selling THC-infused brownies, cookies, chocolates and gel caps in Tallahassee. The edible products are appearing on shelves nearly four years after Floridians approved a 2016 constitutional amendment... Read more
Edibles could boost Florida’s medical marijuana sales by $200M annually
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana September 1, 2020 0
The Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) released long-awaited guidelines for medical marijuana edibles Wednesday night, three years after voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana and one year after state lawmakers lifted a ban on smokable medical marijuana. How quickly edibles will be available is uncertain... Read more
Florida quietly publishes medical marijuana edibles rules
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana August 28, 2020 0
In 2015, a small group of Department of Health employees including Florida’s chief medical marijuana regulator, Christian Bax, and then-surgeon general Celeste Philip hopped on a plane to Denver. They linked up with the Colorado Department of Public Health to tour cannabis production facilities and see what a nascent... Read more
Michigan marijuana companies targeted in class-action lawsuits claiming telemarketing violations
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMichigan August 15, 2020 0
Florida attorney Andrew J. Shamis, who’s developed a cottage industry suing companies over use of unsolicited telemarketing, has set his sites on marijuana companies in Michigan. Shamis with his Miami-based law firm, Shamis & Gentile, has sued at least three Michigan marijuana companies in federal court this year, including... Read more
Florida Supreme Court asks for a rare second round of arguments on medical marijuana
FloridaMarijuana Industry News July 17, 2020 0
In a highly unusual move, the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a second round of arguments in a battle about whether the state has properly carried out a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. Justices heard arguments in May in a lawsuit filed by Florigrown, a... Read more
