Exploring Developments in Cannabis Law and Business
As Florida’s 2018 legislative session comes to a close, its time to review legislative changes to Florida’s medical marijuana laws.
First, Florida’s Senate passed HB 6049, This bill removes…
Continue Reading Florida 2018 Legislative Session Comes to a Close With Tweaks to Medical Marijuana Laws and Budget
As I’ve posted before, Florida’s implementation of Amendment Two (medical marijuana) does not permit patients to smoke medical marijuana.
Not surprisingly, the ban on smoking of medical marijuana triggered…
Continue Reading Trial Set in Florida Case Challenging Medical Marijuana Smoking Ban
Citrus greening, a disease that has been slowly spreading throughout Florida since 2004, has been putting the squeeze on Florida’s key agricultural crop (the citrus industry in Florida is…
Continue Reading Will Florida Trade Orange Trees for Hemp Fields?
Pursuant to the law passed earlier this year which implemented Amendment Two (medical marijuana), Florida was required to issue additional licenses for medical marijuana treatment centers (the entities that grow,…
Continue Reading Florida Misses Deadline to Issue New Licenses for Medical Marijuana
A lawsuit was recently filed which challenges the constitutionality of part of the Florida law implementing Amendment Two (medical marijuana). A key part of the law was expanding the number…
Continue Reading Lawsuit Filed Over Florida Medical Marijuana Law – Carve Out License for Black Farmer Alleged to Be Unconstitutional
Florida continues to make forward progress on implementation of Amendment Two (medical marijuana) with additional licenses and dispensaries being approved or opened around the state.
Three new licenses…
Continue Reading Medical Marijuana Developments in Florida for August 2017
As a follow up to my post on the City of Boynton Beach having its regulations overturned by Florida state law, other Florida municipalities are debating medical marijuana dispensaries.
Those…
Continue Reading Florida Municipalities Debate Dispensaries
The City of Boynton Beach, Florida wanted to be ready for the implementation of Amendment 2 (medical marijuana) so they set up their own limits on dispensaries that included the…
Continue Reading The State of Florida Vetoed the City of Boynton Beach’s Local Regulations
As noted in my prior post, when the Florida Legislature finally passed laws to implement Amendment 2 (medical marijuana) it did not include smoking as a permissible use for…
Continue Reading Litigation Over Smoking in Florida
By way of background see my posts here, here, here, and here regarding the Florida Legislature’s prior efforts to pass laws to implement Amendment 2 (medical marijuana…
Continue Reading Florida Legislature Comes Through During Special Session
