Hemp is identical to marijuana, minus the THC, but dogs and cops can’t smell a difference. That means Florida prosecutors are instructing police to change when they can search people for probable cause, and some are dropping marijuana charges wholesale. A new hemp law in Florida has forced prosecutors across the... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Florida / Lawyer John Morgan wants to make recreational marijuana legal in Florida next year August 7, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Orlando lawyer John Morgan on Tuesday backed a campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida through a... Read more
A hospital in Florida has diagnosed one of its patients with drug abuse after he admitted to his doctors he uses cannabis to treat his epilepsy, according to a report in local media. The diagnosis came while Michael Morell of Homestead, Florida was undergoing treatment after having a grand... Read more
Green Growth Brands Celebrates Opening More Than 100 CBD Shops In Seven Months Total shop locations expected to reach 105 on Thursday, August 8th COLUMBUS, OH, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Green Growth Brands Inc. (CSE: GGB) (OTCQB: GGBXF) (“GGB” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it... Read more
Marijuana possession cases will no longer be prosecuted in Tallahassee, Florida and the surrounding area, according to a letter to law enforcement agencies from the State Attorney. The action was taken in response to the legalization of hemp in Florida earlier this year and at the federal level with... Read more
Activists hoping to get recreational pot on the 2020 ballot are undeterred by passage of Florida House Bill 5, the latest Republican attempt to subvert the people’s will. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law on June 7 in what the South Florida Sun-Sentinel described as an “arrogant abuse of political... Read more
With medical marijuana dispensaries becoming commonplace in Florida, will recreational pot soon be on the shelves, too? The people behind the effort to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot say yes. That optimism is reflected in the 65 percent of Florida voters polled recently by Quinnipiac University who... Read more
A Florida appellate court ruled on Tuesday that a law enacted to license cannabis providers in the state does not comply with the amendment that legalized medical marijuana and is therefore unconstitutional. The ruling by the 1st Court of Appeals in Tallahassee held that the law requiring cannabis businesses... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Florida / Medical marijuana: Florida law creates ‘oligopoly’ for pot businesses, court decides July 11, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Florida’s law requiring to grow, process and distribute cannabis and related products created an “oligopoly” and runs afoul of... Read more
