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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 25, 2018

State Senator Jeff Brandes will revive an amendment he filed during the 2019 Legislative Session that would expand medical marijuana access and allow patients to smoke their medicine, he said during a dispensary opening in St. Petersburg Thursday. Brandes’ 2017 amendment would have shifted Florida’s medical marijuana law from its current “vertical” structure that requires […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 25, 2018

The medical marijuana treatment provider Surterra Wellness opened its 12th Florida location in St. Petersburg Thursday. The Medical Marijuana Treatment Center is located at 2001 Fourth Street on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. State Senator Jeff Brandes called the new dispensary “the Apple Store of cannabis.” Unlike other treatment centers, Surterra designed all of […]

Jacob OglesOctober 18, 2018

Recently retired Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott made headlines speaking out in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreation use. “There are serious drugs. We’re got people dying of heroin overdoses, the opioid crisis, across the country” Scott told Florida Politics. “I’d rather see these dollars and resources, in my opinion, better used to targeting those […]

Jacob OglesOctober 14, 2018

Trulieve, one of the leading licensed medical marijuana providers in Florida, announced it would launch a statewide donation drive to help areas affected by Hurricane Michael. The Gadsden County-based company in a press release stressed the connection between the business and the Panhandle and Big Bend communities affected by the storm. “We’re fortunate enough to […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

Orlando lawyer and medical marijuana champion John Morgan posted a video on social media Friday morning declaring his full support for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum and attacking Gov. Rick Scott and Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis, mainly over marijuana. “Electing this guy [Gillum] is so critical to everything marijuana in Florida,” Morgan declares in the five-minute […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 27, 2018

Representatives of medical marijuana provider Surterra were joined by members of the Clay County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday for a ribbon cutting that seemed implausible a couple of years ago. Clay County was cautious in allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to open, but the conservative Northeast Florida county eventually saw benefit. In October 2017, the city of […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 24, 2018

Trulieve, a Florida medical marijuana provider, and a Canadian mining company on Friday said they had completed their merger and will start trading stock publicly in Canada. Trulieve will begin trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under the symbol “TRUL” on Tuesday, according to a press release. Toronto-based Schyan Exploration Inc. combined with Trulieve to become Trulieve Cannabis Corp. […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 21, 2018

Saying a lower-court judge “misconstrued the plain language of Florida’s Medical Marijuana Amendment,” the state is asking an appellate court to reverse her ruling allowing Tampa strip club mogul Joe Redner to grow and make juice of his own medical marijuana. Outside counsel for the Department of Health filed an initial brief Thursday in its appeal at […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 14, 2018

The state constitution “creates a procedural right to seek treatment with smokable marijuana,” according to a new filing in an appeal by patients seeking to light up medicinal cannabis. Attorney Jon Mills filed a 48-page answer brief late Thursday, in response to the state’s 57-page brief last month arguing that the smoking of medical marijuana […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2018

As Florida Politics was preparing to release the results of our final post-primary, statewide survey focusing on the nexus of 2018 elections and medical marijuana, POLITICO Florida published a story putting Ron DeSantis, Ashley Moody and Matt Caldwell squarely on the wrong side of public opinion when it comes to Florida’s popular medical marijuana law. […]

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Smoke if you got ’em: Jeff Brandes will refile smokable pot bill

New Surterra Wellness in St. Pete is not your daddy’s head shop

Retired Lee Sheriff Mike Scott backs recreational marijuana

Trulieve launches relief drive to help Panhandle neighbors

John Morgan posts video endorsing Andrew Gillum, mainly over marijuana

With future looking green, Surterra optimistic about medical cannabis

Another done (marijuana) deal: Trulieve finishes merger with Canadian concern

State asks court to reverse medical marijuana ‘home grow’ ruling

Marijuana smoking ban case smolders in appellate court

Polling: GOP candidates on wrong side of medical marijuana smoking ban