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Larry GriffinJuly 27, 2016

The City of Orlando has decided that for right now, three medical marijuana dispensaries is enough for the Orlando area. After Gov. Rick Scott passed the Charlotte’s Web law in 2014, which allowed medical marijuana for medical patients when no other treatment would suffice, three dispensaries ended up getting licensed to the area: one on […]

Jim RosicaJuly 26, 2016

For medical marijuana in Florida, the future is finally now. Trulieve, the approved provider in northwest Florida, on Tuesday officially opened the first medical cannabis store in the state, in a strip mall in northeast Tallahassee. “This is a historic day for the state of Florida,” CEO Kim Rivers told a roomful of reporters and medical cannabis advocates. […]

Associated PressJuly 26, 2016

The first medical marijuana dispensary in Florida is slated to open. Trulieve, the approved organization in northwest Florida, is set to open a dispensary in Tallahassee on Tuesday, one week after being given dispensing authorization by Florida’s health department. The state’s Office of Compassionate Use, which was formed to oversee state regulation of medical marijuana, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 25, 2016

A medical marijuana amendment continues to have strong support throughout Florida, according to a new poll. The survey — conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research on behalf of the United for Care campaign — found 77 percent of likely Florida voters said they supported the ballot initiative. The survey found 20 percent were opposed it it, while […]

Anne LindbergJuly 23, 2016

A Pasco County man suffering from Dystonia with Parkinson’s disease-like symptoms became the first Florida patient to receive a delivery of medical marijuana today from Trulieve, a medical cannabis dispensary. The delivery came days after Trulieve became the first dispensary to receive formal authorization from the state Department of Health to both grow and dispense low-THC medical cannabis. “Honoring our commitment to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 20, 2016

Hackney Nursery can begin dispensing medical marijuana. The Gadsden County nursery — doing business as Trulieve — announced Wednesday it had received formal authorization from the Department of Health to dispense medical marijuana. It hopes to begin dispensing medical marijuana from its Tallahassee facility, and begin statewide deliveries, within a week. Trulieve is the first […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 19, 2016

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Drug Free Florida raised more than $500,000 in two weeks this month, the vast majority coming from a single donor. State records show Mel Sembler, a prominent St. Petersburg fundraiser, gave the committee $500,000 between July 2 and July 8, the most recent reporting period. The committee raised $510,035 in the fundraising period, boosting its fundraising […]

Peter SchorschJuly 13, 2016

I admit I’m a political junkie; after all, I run a website called Florida Politics. What I love about politics and these final months of the campaign season is you can always see new and innovative ways folks are trying to communicate with voters. Facebook realized the power of video storytelling when it saw the huge success […]

Keith MorelliJuly 6, 2016

An administrative law judge in Tallahassee today began hearing testimony in a petition by a Gainesville nursery that was bypassed in April’s medical marijuana grower lottery when the state awarded the coveted contract to a competitor. The Florida Department of Health’s Office of Compassionate Use chose a handful of agribusinesses to grow, process and dispense […]

Keith MorelliJuly 5, 2016

As the 2016 election season swings into fifth gear with politicians and committees filling treasuries with contributions, this was the total collected in June by the leading special interest group opposed to legalizing medical marijuana in Florida: $00.00. After tallying more than half-million dollars in May, all but $1,000 from a single donor, Mel Sembler, […]

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City of Orlando puts moratorium on any more marijuana dispensaries until after November vote

First medical pot dispensary opens its doors

First medical pot dispensary to open in Tallahassee

77% of Florida voters now back medical marijuana ballot initiative

Pasco County man receives first delivery of medical marijuana in Florida

First medical marijuna in Florida to be available next week as Trulieve gets DOH approval to begin dispensing

Mel Sembler gives another $500K to Drug Free Florida

On revamped website, ‘Vote No on 2’ campaign embraces power of video

Hearing begins today for Gainesville nursery jilted in medical marijuana grower selection

Anti-Amendment 2 groups has quiet fundraising month