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Ben PollaraDecember 20, 2016

At last week’s Senate Health Policy Committee workshop on medical marijuana, much of the conversation centered on the question of whether the passage of Amendment 2 necessitated an expansion of the number of licenses to cultivate and sell medical marijuana in Florida. I participated in the workshop at the invitation of Chair Dana Young, and […]

Jim RosicaDecember 13, 2016

The right way to put the new constitutional amendment on medical marijuana into effect is to “treat (it) like medicine,” supporters said Tuesday. The Senate Health Policy committee held its first workshop for the 2017 Legislative Session on medical cannabis implementation. “The states that have done it poorly, with a lack of regulation, allowed folks to market […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterDecember 6, 2016

Knox Medical will soon begin dispensing medical marijuana to qualified patients. The company announced Tuesday it recently received approval from the Florida Department of Health to begin dispensing low-THC and medical cannabis this week. The company is set to begin initial deliveries to qualified patients Friday. Knox Medical is one of six organizations in the […]

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, […]

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 […]

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Ben Pollara: Expansion of medical marijuana business is necessary and prudent

Treat medical marijuana “like medicine,” advocates say

Knox Medical to begin dispensing medical marijuana this week

First medical pot dispensary opens its doors

First medical pot dispensary to open in Tallahassee

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