Legal Related Florida Bill for Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Quickly Dies by Sophia Vida April 09, 2019 A bill by Florida state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, to legalize recreational marijuana, has died before a hearing or a vote. The bill would have allowed those age 21 and older to use marijuana for personal use in limited amoun...
Legal Related Florida Wants to Uphold Ban on Smoking Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 07, 2018 Florida's Attorney General Pam Bondi and his office filed a 57-page brief last week that argues why the ban on smoking medical marijuana should be upheld. The office has argued that an appeals court should uphold the decision b...
Trends & Articles Florida’s Medical Marijuana Director Abruptly Steps Down by Sophia Vida July 28, 2018 Christian Bax, the medical marijuana director in the state of Florida, has abruptly stepped down from office. The Department of Health announced on Friday that his resignation would take effect on August 10th and Deputy Directo...
Legal Related Florida Attorney John Morgan Pushes for Recreational Marijuana to be on 2020 Ballot by Sophia Vida July 06, 2018 John Morgan, an Orlando attorney, has been pretty vocal about how he feels about marijuana. He bankrolled the effort to broadly legalize medicinal marijuana in the state two years ago and wants to do the same to get recreationa...
Legal Related Orlando Attorney Wants Recreational Marijuana on Florida Ballot by Sophia Vida June 27, 2018 If attorney John Morgan gets his way, recreational marijuana will be on the ballot in 2020 in the state of Florida. Morgan, a long time Democratic fundraiser, is also focused on getting a $15 minimum wage measure on the 2020 ba...
Legal Related Florida Judge Lifts Stay on Smokable Marijuana Ruling by Sophia Vida June 06, 2018 Florida medical marijuana patients have a reason to smile this week. It was on Tuesday that Leon County circuit court Judge Karen Gievers lifted a stay on her May 25th ruling that the Florida Legislature's provision that bands ...
Legal Related Patients in Florida Can Now Smoke Medicinal Pot According to Ruling by Sophia Vida May 26, 2018 Many Florida residents who use medical marijuana may have been briefly thrilled to learn that this week a judge has ruled that patients approved to use the drug will be allowed to smoke it in private. Despite medical marijuana ...
Legal Related John Morgan Sues Over Medical Marijuana Smoking Ban by Sophia Vida July 06, 2017 A lawsuit was filed on Thursday by John Morgan, an Orlando attorney, that would give patients the right to smoke their medical marijuana in their own homes. The state has banned the smoking of medical marijuana and only allows ...
Legal Related Florida’s Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill by Sophia Vida June 24, 2017 Gov. Rick Scott of Florida signed a medical marijuana expansion into law on Friday that sets in motion a plan to license 10 new companies as growers by October. It also allows patients that have a host of conditions to buy and ...
Featured Florida’s John Morgan May Spend As Much As $100 Million On Medical Cannabis Opportunities by Sophia Vida May 24, 2017 John Morgan has already spent almost $7 million into two statewide ballot initiatives that would expand medical marijuana in the state of Florida. He has plans to spend as much a up to $100 million on the "right opportunities."...