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Scott PowersMay 22, 2016

A solid 69 percent of Florida registered voters say they would support Amendment 2 on the November ballot, which would broadly legalize medical marijuana in Florida, according to a new poll by Gravis Marketing. The same poll also finds Floridians with mixed views on transgender restrooms, but not on locker rooms. The poll, taken last […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 16, 2016

The campaign to convince Floridians to “Vote No on 2” is officially heating up. Vote No On 2, the group leading the charge against the 2016 medical marijuana initiative, Monday aimed at highlighting the dangers of legalizing medical marijuana. Throughout the three-minute video, viewers see what happened in California after the Golden State approved its […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 11, 2016

The political committee backing the effort to legalize medical marijuana raised more than $50,000 in April, bringing its 2016 haul to more than $280,000. State records show People United for Medical Marijuana raised $50,493 in April. The organization received more than 500 donations in the one-month fundraising period, hundreds of them donations of $50 or less. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 11, 2016

Florida voters overwhelmingly support the 2016 medical marijuana constitutional amendment. A new Quinnipiac University poll found 80 percent of registered voters said they would vote for the medical marijuana ballot initiative. The survey found 16 percent of voters said they would vote against it. The initiative was supported by 71 percent of Republicans, 87 percent […]

Ryan RayMay 10, 2016

A panel of state economists estimates a minor expansion in Florida’s fledgling medical marijuana regime could add up to $11.4 million in new tax revenue. The Revenue Estimating Impact Conference met Tuesday for its annual post-Session hearing, where economists from the Legislature, the Governor’s office, and state agencies analyzed the likely fiscal costs and benefits of […]

Scott PowersMay 10, 2016

The Marijuana Business Conference & Expo in Orlando is more about business than pot. It’s where high-tech engineering for climate control gets introduced to cannabis growers. It’s where boutique banking and financial service operations troll for cannabis cash. It’s where packaging and marketing experts track down cannabis products in need of packaging. At the sixth […]

Scott PowersMay 10, 2016

The national market for legal marijuana, both for medical and recreational uses, is now in the range of $4 billion in annual sales, an industry analyst told a national conference in Orlando Tuesday. Chris Walsh, editorial director for Marijuana Business Daily, told hundreds gathered at the Marijuana Business Conference that his magazine’s surveys and data analysis indicate […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

An administrative court judge is leaving open the possibility that a third nursery in Northeast Florida can receive a license to grow and dispense medical marijuana. In an order Monday, Judge R. Bruce McKibben said Loop’s Nursery and Greenhouses cannot challenge the licenses given to Chestnut Hill Tree Farm and San Felasco Nurseries. However, McKibben […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 28, 2016

A Central Florida nursery is asking for administrative hearings to determine whether its application to cultivate and dispense medical marijuana should be approved. Treadwell Nursery filed a petition for formal administrative hearings Monday. The nursery filed the petition in response to the Department of Health’s decision to approve San Felasco Nurseries as a northeast Florida […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 26, 2016

John Morgan has a message for supporters of a medical marijuana ballot initiative: They won’t be bullied. In an email Tuesday, Morgan encouraged supporters to donate to the United for Care campaign and stand up against opponents, including St. Petersburg Republican financier Mel Sembler. Sembler told the Tampa Bay Times he was hoping to raise […]

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Medical marijuana measure winning solidly in new Gravis poll

Successful in 2014, medical marijuana opponents ramp up campaign against latest ballot initiative

Medical marijuana backers raise more than $50K in April

Medical marijuana backed by 80% of Florida voters

State officials: Medical cannabis expansion could add $11.4 million in revenue

Marijuana Business Conference: John Morgan brings the holy mission message

National legal pot market in range of $4 billion, conference told

Judge: Nursery may be able to pursue medical pot license under new law

Treadwell Nursery challenging DOH response to updated medical marijuana law

Email Insights: John Morgan calls out Mel Sembler in fundraising email