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Happy 8/20 2023 Growing Florida Marijuana Prompts Vertical Questions

Interested in growing marijuana in Florida? Unfortunately, home cultivation is prohibited under Florida’s medical marijuana program. If you have been thinking about growing marijuana in Florida, here are 10 things you should know.

1. Growing Marijuana in Florida at Home Is a Crime

Florida’s medical cannabis laws do not specifically cover the cultivation of cannabis. However, Florida law states that possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine. Therefore, growing marijuana in Florida is illegal.

Possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis is a felony. Penalties include up to five years in jail and up to a $5,000 fine.

2. Marijuana Growers Must Be Vertically Integrated

In Florida, medical marijuana companies must be vertically integrated. That means that a company is responsible for the cultivation of marijuana, manufacturing, transportation, and sale of cannabis products to medical patients. Vertical integration has been challenged by cannabis companies but affirmed by the State Supreme Court.

3. Marijuana Cultivation Jobs Are Growing

Florida is third in terms of total full-time cannabis jobs with 31,444 based on 2020’s numbers. In 2020, the state added 14,891 full-time cannabis jobs. Cannabis cultivation jobs are some of the most in-demand positions in the nation.

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4. Florida Black Marijuana Farmers are Waiting for a License

After 4 years of waiting for rules to be developed regarding a new medical marijuana license, black farmers are on the verge of being able to apply. The ruling does not indicate when the license applications will begin being accepted.

A 2017 law required the state to grant a special license to “one applicant that is a recognized class member” of the “Pigford Class,” a designated a protected class of black farmers that won a settlement for a speciall license due to the history of racial discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

5. 19 More Grow Licenses Must Be Issued

At the moment, Florida has 22 licensed operators in the state. However, the medical program has a schedule requiring new licenses to become available as the patient count rises. With more than 600,000 medical cannabis patients enrolled since the start of the program, the state must issue 19 additional licenses on top of the Black farmer license.

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6. Florida Farmers Can Grow Hemp

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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) provides farmers with a Hemp Cultivation Portal that allows them to submit applications for permits to grow hemp in Florida.

7. Home Cultivation Proposals Have Failed Several Times

Florida’s road to recreational cannabis legalization has been a failure. A recent citizen’s initiative to legalize recreational cannabis and allow adults to grow weed at home was struck down by the Supreme Court due to misleading language in the ballot initiative.

A new initiative by Regulate Florida is aiming to gain approval and enough signatures after it was rejected by the Supreme Court earlier in the year. It is unclear whether Florida will pass legal cannabis soon.

8. Florida Has an Optimal Grow Climate

Florida’s sunny climate makes it a perfect environment for growing cannabis. However, the state also experiences extreme levels of heat and humidity, which can negatively affect marijuana plants.

Florida’s fertile and healthy soil is ideal for sativa plants. Its optimal cannabis climate has made the Sunshine State the third largest indoor cannabis producer in the nation.

9. Only One Man Can Grow Cannabis at Home

Only one person in the State of Florida is legally allowed to grow marijuana at home. In April 2018, A Florida Court ruled that Joe Redner can grow cannabis at home for medicinal purposes. However, only he is allowed to grow marijuana in Florida.

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The judge’s ruling said that Redner is “entitled to possess, grow, and use marijuana for juicing, solely for the purpose of emulsifying the biomass he needs for the juicing protocol recommended by his physician.”

10. Florida A&M University’s Hemp Cultivation Research

Florida A&M University (FAMU) has partnered with three hemp producers to research the best hemp varieties to grow in Florida’s climate. Researchers hope to identify strains that will “thrive safely, efficiently, and cost effectively” in Florida. In addition, the research intends to determine the best soil preferences and best practices for growing hemp in Florida.

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Florida Cannabis has a Treatment for Drug Addiction. Yet, Ron DeSantis Bans Medical Marijuana in Sober Living & Recovery Facilities

Ron DeSantis Bans Medical Marijuana In Sober Living & Recovery Facilities Despite Doctor’s Recommendation

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Ron DeSantis signed a bill prohibiting sober living facilities from allowing residents to use or possess medical marijuana even if the individual has a recommendation from a physician. Florida legalized medical marijuana in 2016 when voters passed a constitutional amendment.

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DeSantis, who is in a volatile primary race for the Republican presidential nomination with Donald Trump, signed the legislation this week, reported Marijuana Moment

Under the new bill, applicants seeking to operate drug recovery residences under the Florida Department of Children and Families need to declare that they do not permit the use of cannabis, which “includes marijuana that has been certified by a qualified physician for medical use.” Residents will be permitted to use other pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by doctors, “so the law explicitly singles out medical marijuana,” noted Marijuana Moment

Why It Matters: Cannabis As A Treatment For Drug Addiction

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Medical marijuana has been found to be a viable alternative to current replacement therapies used to treat opioid addiction. The opioid overdose epidemic is arguably the worst public health crisis in U.S. history. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows overdose deaths are hovering near record numbers. It report noted that just under 110,000 people died from drug overdoses last year.

Research: Medical Marijuana Can Help

Growing pre-clinical and clinical evidence appears to support the use of cannabis for addictions, notes a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The evidence summarized in the study, which is one among many, demonstrated the potential that cannabis has to ease opioid withdrawal symptoms, reduce opioid consumption, ameliorate opioid cravings, prevent opioid relapse and reduce overdose deaths.

Addiction: Florida Hit Especially Hard

In the area of synthetic opioids and fentanyl, Florida reported over 5,900 fatal overdoses in 2022. Emergency Medical Services noted that in 2022, teams responded to over 105,400 overdose calls, according to the Florida Department of Health.

Earlier this week, DeSantis signed a bill on Monday enabling medical marijuana patients to use telehealth to renew their physician approvals for MMJ. The bill will also help Black farmers get valuable medical marijuana licenses after years of delays.

Shortly after that, DeSantis signed legislation removing fentanyl test strips from Florida’s list of prohibited drug paraphernalia, which health officials and advocates view as an important step in curtailing the number of opioid overdoses in Florida.

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Florida may allow recreational use of marijuana. Unless AG Ashley Moody has her way.

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 and older, arguing a ballot summary would be “misleading to voters in several key respects.”

Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, had contributed $39 million as of the end of May to a political committee spearheading the effort to place the proposed amendment on the 2024 ballot. The Smart & Safe Florida committee needs the Supreme Court to sign off on the proposed ballot wording before the measure can go before voters.

The court twice ruled that previous initiatives aimed at authorizing recreational use of marijuana did not meet constitutional muster. Under the Florida Constitution, ballot initiatives must not be confusing to voters and must address a single subject.

In a 49-page brief filed Monday, lawyers in Moody’s office argued that the “Adult Personal Use of Marijuana” proposal would mislead voters in several ways.

The ballot summary, in part, says the measure would allow “adults 21 years or older to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories” for non-medical consumption.

“That is incorrect and misleading,” because marijuana remains illegal under federal law, the state’s brief said. “In previously approving similarly worded ballot summaries, the court erred.”

The Supreme Court in 2016 signed off on a proposed constitutional amendment allowing medical-marijuana use. More than 71 percent of voters approved the amendment.

But the state’s brief Monday said “voters need clear guidance before being asked to lift state-law penalties for the possession of a substance that would subject users to devastating criminal liability under federal law. And the rampant misinformation in the press and being peddled by the sponsor of this initiative about its effects makes clarity all the more pivotal.”

The ballot summary also says the measure would allow current medical-marijuana operators, known as “medical marijuana treatment centers” and “other state licensed entities to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell and distribute” marijuana products and accessories and allow “consistent legislation.”

Moody’s office argued that the proposal would mislead voters into believing it would result in more competition in Florida’s marijuana market.

Currently, only licensed operators are allowed to “engage in the marijuana trade” in Florida, the brief said, and the proposal wouldn’t change that but would “at most” give the Legislature the authority to issue more licenses.

The proposal would expand on the current medical-marijuana language in the Constitution, which gives the Department of Health oversight of the state’s marijuana industry.

But the state’s lawyers argued the proposal, which would go into effect six months after passage, is misleading about regulatory oversight because it wouldn’t specifically give state health officials authority over recreational marijuana operations.

“But even to the extent the Department (of Health) can regulate this new industry, it cannot realistically do so before the amendment takes effect,” the brief added. That would leave a “substantial period” for businesses to operate “unregulated in the recreational marijuana space.”

“In short, the Adult Personal Use of Marijuana amendment asks voters to make consequential changes to Florida’s Constitution yet is not honest with them about what those changes would be. The initiative should be stricken,” the brief said.

Supporters of the amendment blasted the state’s arguments. Smart & Safe Florida spokesman Steve Vancore said the company disagrees with Moody’s analysis.

“We believe the language as written clearly complies with the requirements of the Constitution. We look forward to bringing this matter to the Florida Supreme Court and are confident that the court will conclude that there is no lawful basis to set aside the ballot initiative. This important issue should be entrusted to the citizens of Florida — over a million of whom have already signed the Smart & Safe Florida petition saying they support it — to decide for themselves through democratic choice,” Vancore said.

Daniel Russell, an attorney with the Dean Mead firm who specializes in medical-marijuana litigation, accused Moody, a Republican, of politicizing the issue.

“This document is more Fox News fear-mongering intended to produce goodwill from ‘the base’ than a legal document filed by Florida’s chief legal officer on behalf of the state’s 22 million residents. It reeks of conservative nonsense and Nixonian views on a substance that is legalized for recreational use in 23 states, three U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. I believe that the Supreme Court of Florida will see this for what it is and allow voters to decide the next steps for Florida’s future,” Russell told The News Service of Florida in an email.

The Supreme Court on Monday also received briefs opposing the proposal from the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Drug Free America Foundation.

Lawyers for the Florida Chamber argued that the proposal violates the single-subject requirement because it “impermissibly embraces the dual subjects of decriminalization and commercialization of recreational marijuana.”

The ballot title and summary also “fail to disclose that the commercialization of recreational marijuana is a chief purpose of the proposed amendment — so much so that it would preclude adults 21 years of age or older from growing marijuana for their own personal use,” wrote attorneys from the Lawson Huck Gonzalez PLLC firm, including former Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson.

“Decriminalizing the adult personal use of marijuana and creating a commercial recreational marijuana industry are discrete subjects with differing degrees of voter support,” the Florida Chamber’s 42-page brief said.

Arguments in a brief filed Monday by the Drug Free America Foundation alleged proposed decriminalization of marijuana “conflicts” with federal law.

The Florida proposal is “fatally flawed,” the group’s lawyers wrote in a 27-page brief.

Florida law requires initiative sponsors to submit at least 891,523 valid signatures for placement on the ballot, and also sets thresholds for the number of signatures required from half of the state’s 28 congressional districts.

The state Division of Elections website Tuesday listed 910,013 valid signatures for the recreational marijuana proposal, and the Smart & Safe Florida committee had met the requisite number of signatures in 13 districts — just one district shy of the threshold.

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Elizabeth Warren and Cannabis Laws That Keep Amazon, Big Tobacco & Alcohol from Dominating the Industry.

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At a recent gathering in Boston that was focused on creating an equitable cannabis industry, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) got specific on how to do that.

“We know that legalization alone is not enough,” Sen. Warren said in a prerecorded video for the Saturday meeting organized by the Massachusetts-based Parabola Center for Law and Policy. “We need to ensure that the communities most harmed by the war on drugs are at the front of the line for reaping the benefits of legalization and we need to legalize in a way that avoids Big Tobacco and alcohol corporations or retail giants from dominating the cannabis market.”

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Warren echoed Parabola’s take on the topic. “Already, aspiring weed billionaires and powerful corporations like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Altria (NYSE: M O) (aka Philip Morris) are hounding Congress to pass bills that would let them be the first to profit from federal legalization— leaving behind small business owners and the many communities that were torn apart by decades of over-policing.”

Amazon recently released a statement reiterating its support for federal cannabis legalization.

Warren, however, is “deeply skeptical that Amazon’s lobbying is anything more than a self-interested move to monopolize yet another market, potentially blocking Black and Latino entrepreneurs from an emerging industry,” reported Marijuana Moment

“Now is the time to get creative and think big about how we can ensure fairness and competition in the cannabis industry,” Warren said “Right now, we have the rare opportunity to shape how a new industry develops from the ground up. And that means we have the chance to avoid repeating the same old story of corporations crowding out small businesses and dominating markets.”

The event was also attended by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s, Harvard’s Dr. Peter Grinspoon as well as cannabis regulators from Massachusetts, NYC, Washington, D.C., the Drug Policy Alliance, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition and more organizations.

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Founded by its current director Shaleen Title a former Massachusetts cannabis regulator, the Parabola Center is a nonpartisan think tank of legal professionals and drug policy experts coming together to protect people, not corporations. The organization’s mission is to provide “everyone with the education, access, and expertise to support cannabis legalization policies that put people and small businesses first.”

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Las Vegas Cannabis Leader Opening Consumption Lounge

When Nevada legalized in January 2017, it created a problem. The state made it legal to possess cannabis, but it did not change the rules regarding where you could smoke it.

Currently, the law only allows people to smoke marijuana in a private residence. Hotel rooms don’t count as private residences and, since most Las Vegas/Las Vegas Strip hotel rooms have associated casinos, federal law would prohibit allowing consumption.

Basically, that created a situation where people could buy smokable marijuana at countless dispensaries located near (but not on) the Las Vegas Strip, but could not legally smoke it. That forced people into alleys, parking lots, and other sites along the Strip.

The reality is that the city’s police won’t arrest someone simply for violating the public consumption laws so people smoke wherever they can. Some are more subtle than others, but the Las Vegas Strip generally smells like marijuana and that’s not really the image Caesars Entertainment (CZR) MGM Resorts International (MGM) and other casino operators want.

Essentially, Las Vegas has legal alcohol without legal bars. A new Nevada law allowing consumption lounges will change that and the first legal cannabis consumption lounges have been approved.

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Las Vegas Cannabis Leader Opening Consumption Lounge

Planet 13 (PLNHF) operates the largest dispensary in Nevada and it’s a very impressive facility that offers a restaurant and coffee shop along with the dispensary. There’s nothing cannabis-oriented about the coffee shop or the restaurant, but both are world-class in a city where standards are already high (no pun intended).

The licensees must receive approval through their local jurisdictions and undergo a final inspection before opening,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Work was underway at Planet 13 in early May even though the company did not know when it would legally be allowed to open.

Planet 13 has not finalized its concept as company representatives shared during a May tour of the facility that the bar model was not fully applicable. Bars sell multiple drinks and make more money the longer someone stays. That may not be how things work in a cannabis consumption lounge.

The company’s General Counsel Leighton Koehler told the Cannabis Compliance Board that the company is considering several pathways, ranging from a “modest tasting lounge to a nightclub concept,” according to the paper.

“It’s a strict business, pencil out the math (decision) — we’re still looking at that and trying to decide how much it costs to implement,” Koehler said during the meeting.

No timetable has been given for any of the three lounges to open. Planet 13 expects the zoning review process to take several months, according to the Review-Journal.

Planet 13 is now Opening its 4th Florida Location.

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The off-Strip boutique Artisan Hotel at Sahara Avenue and Interstate 15 was purchased in 2022 by Elevation Hotels and Resorts. The property will be renamed the Lexi and turned into a cannabis-friendly hotel.

No specific opening date has been announced, the first-of-its-kind for Las Vegas is expected to open in April. The 64-room hotel will have a floor of rooms with sophisticated air filtration, as well as no carpets, heavy drapes, or other materials known for absorbing smoke.

“We definitely want to create a more elevated experience,” Elevation CEO Alex Rizk told Travel Weekly. “We are cannabis-inclusive but not cannabis-centric. We want all people, whether they want to partake or not, to feel welcome and really destigmatize the use of cannabis.”

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Florida’s Department of State reported that the ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot in 2024.

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While it still faces a Florida Supreme Court review and an expected legal challenge from state Attorney General Ashley Moody, amendment supporters heralded the breakthrough.

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Smart & Safe announced in March it had collected more than 1 million petition signatures but they had not been certified by local election officials at that time.

The Department of State on Thursday updated its website to show the most recent number of signatures that were validated.

Ashley Moody, who opposed a proposed 2022 marijuana legalization ballot measure, in May forwarded the proposed 2024 amendment to the Florida Supreme Court for review.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — 06/01/2023- The effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida crossed a major hurdle but still faces a likely challenge from the state’s attorney general.

Florida’s Department of State reported that the proposed ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot in 2024.

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The constitutional amendment, proposed by Smart & Safe Florida, gathered 967,528 valid signatures — more than 70,000 above the requirement to reach the ballot. Smart & Safe through April had spent $38.4 million to get the new measure on the ballot — all paid for by medical marijuana giant Trulieve Inc.

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While it still faces a Florida Supreme Court review and an expected legal challenge from state Attorney General Ashley Moody, amendment supporters heralded the breakthrough.

“We are thrilled the campaign has made this milestone and look forward to seeing this initiative on the ballot next November,” Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers said Thursday in a statement.

Moody’s office did not immediately provide a comment in response to a request.

The proposal would allow adults 21 and over to possess up to three ounces of marijuana for personal use. Medical marijuana treatment centers, which were legalized by a statewide referendum in 2016, would be allowed to sell marijuana for recreational use.

Moody, who opposed a proposed 2022 marijuana legalization ballot measure, in May forwarded the proposed 2024 amendment to the Florida Supreme Court for review.

Moody stated in her letter that she’d argue the proposal doesn’t comply with state law, which includes a requirement that it contain “clear and unambiguous language.” Briefs in the case are due July 12, 2023.

If it makes it on the ballot, the marijuana legalization proposal could boost voter turnout — particularly among young voters — and possibly influence the 2024 races in Florida. Former President Donald Trump carried Florida in 2016 and 2020 but the state backed Democrat Barack Obama in the two previous presidential elections.

Twenty-one states have legalized recreational marijuana use while 37 have approved medical marijuana in some form. It remains illegal at the federal level.

Trulieve, which now has 186 retail dispensaries across 11 states, has pinned its growth hopes on Florida, its home state and the third-most-populous state in the nation. The company recently opened two dispensaries in Georgia, where the medical market is just getting off the ground.

“Our investment demonstrates our firm belief that Floridians are ready to experience the freedom to use cannabis for personal consumption; a freedom which is currently enjoyed by more than half of America’s adults,” Rivers said.

Smart & Safe announced in March it had collected more than 1 million petition signatures but they had not been certified by local election officials at that time. The Department of State on Thursday updated its website to show the most recent number of signatures that were validated.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — Recreational marijuana could soon be a reality in Florida.

Nearly a million verified voters have signed onto an initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults in Florida. That’s enough to get the issue on the ballot in 2024.

CBS12’s News Dylan Huberman reports on if recreational marijuana use will be legalized in Florida. (WPEC)

However, the state’s supreme court could still nix the measure, as they did in 2021.

Even if it survives a legal challenge and makes the ballot next November, the measure would still need 60 percent of the vote to pass. Some Treasure Coast residents are optimistic it will.

“It’s got a fighting chance or a relatively marginal chance,” opined John Montrey.

The state’s supreme court has blocked cannabis legalization measures before though, and some fear it could happen again.

“Questionable if it’ll make it or not, to me,” admitted Port St. Lucie resident Greg Rodgers.

If Safe & Smart Florida’s measure survives the court – and 60 percent of voters OK it on the ballot – those old enough to drink alcohol could recreationally use and possess a few ounces of it.

“It has in other parts of the country and I think it will be legalized here,” Missie Dunham shared.

Rooted Zen Healthcare in Port St. Lucie prescribes medical marijuana cards, and owner Christine Torres wants marijuana to become more widely available.

“Marijuana shouldn’t even be where it’s at now, it’s a plant, it should be accessible to everybody,” Torres remarked. “Anybody should be able to use it for whatever needs they seem necessary.”

Will recreational marijuana use be legalized in Florida? (WPEC)

Residents in Port St. Lucie seem to be in favor of legalizing it.

“If somebody wants to and they’re over 18, and it doesn’t affect their driving, doesn’t affect their domestic life in negative ways, I think that’s fine,” Chris Murray offered.

“If it’s used properly, I’m okay with that. I have no problem with marijuana,” Dunham added. “I don’t personally use it but if it’s helping somebody, whatever reason, then I say go for it.”

If the measure survives all the hurdles, Florida would become the 24th state to legalize cannabis for adults.

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