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Peter SchorschSeptember 29, 2017

It’s no secret that the Florida Department of Health could have handled implementing medical marijuana laws in the Sunshine State better, and it’s starting to look like they bungled it bad enough their outside private counsel – not patients in dire need of relief – are reaping the benefits on the backs of taxpayers. When lawmakers […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 19, 2017

A Tampa-based medical marijuana company said it will donate a chunk of the total sales of a new vaporizer pen to Hurricane Irma relief efforts. Surterra Wellness is one of the largest marijuana cultivators in the blooming Sunshine State medical marijuana industry, and among its products are a series of vaporizer “pens” – devices similar […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 24, 2015

When state Rep. Charles McBurney called me yesterday from his law office in Jacksonville, the North Florida Republican let me know why it had taken him so long to get back to me. “The week before session is crazy,” he said — and that’s especially true for one of the power players in the Florida House of […]

James CallJanuary 26, 2015

State Sen. Jeff Brandes is the first out of the gate with a medical marijuana bill for the 2015 legislative session. Brandes filed Monday the Florida Medical Marijuana, Act which authorizes physicians to use marijuana to treat patients afflicted with one of 14 specific illnesses. Brandes’ proposal creates two licensing processes, one for the cultivation […]

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(L-R) Bobby Powell and Leonard Serratore. Images via the candidates.

DOH is at it again: More lawsuits, more taxpayer dollars going to legal fees

Medical marijuana provider Surterra to pitch in on Irma relief

Previewing the 2015 Legislative Session with Charles McBurney

Jeff Brandes files to expand medicinal marijuana law; increases eligible patients, splits licensing