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Panhandle developer Jay Odom is bankrolling a Northeast Florida operation licensed by health officials to grow, process and distribute non-euphoric marijuana products, a lawyer for Chestnut Hill Tree Farm confirmed Wednesday. Odom was sentenced to six months in prison three years ago after pleading guilty in a 2007 scheme to funnel $23,000 in campaign contributions through employees or their family members to a presidential candidate.
Read More »Gainesville Police Officer Helps Dignity Village Mom And Baby Find New Home
Gainesville Police Officer Casandra Ballenger brings the community together to help find a new home for Dignity Village resident Racheal Morrison and her newborn.
Read More »State Pushes To Release Investor Names in Pot Dispute
Lawyers for the Florida Department of Health have given a Jacksonville nursery until Monday to take action on an attempt to keep secret a list of investors affiliated with a bid to become one of a handful of medical marijuana operations in the state. The move came after wrangling between …
Read More »Lawyers Get Fired Up At Hearing On Pot License
Lawyers for Jacksonville-based Loop's Nursery and the state of Florida spent much of Wednesday wrangling over issues with the state's nascent medical marijuana industry and which nurseries are allowed to take part.
Read More »New Pot Law Won’t Help Losing Nursery Get License
The law requires that any nursery that was the top scorer in a region must receive a license
Read More »What’s In A Name? Ask The Folks In Two Egg, Florida
The town of Chicken, Alaska, and Two Egg, Florida, have definitively settled the question of which came first. What's also clear is they are neither first nor last in the country's long list of odd-named places. In Pennsylvania you'll find Intercourse, Virginville and Blue Ball. In Louisiana, if you've had too much of Moonshine, you can always visit Cut Off.
Read More »County Commissioners Reject Medical Marijuana Moratorium
Following nearly an hour of discussion, a 4-to-1 vote determined that Alachua County would not adopt a moratorium regarding medical marijuana dispensaries. A notice of zoning in progress and the motion to advertise a public hearing for a moratorium was presented Tuesday during an Alachua County Board of County Commissioners meeting. The …
Read More »Opponents Launch Salvo Against Marijuana Amendment
Opponents of a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana gave a glimpse of their strategy Monday by releasing a video alleging the measure would lead to a plethora of "pot shops" similar to the marijuana industry in California. The video, posted online by the"Vote No on 2 Campaign" also compared the proposal to a medical-marijuana initiative that Florida voters narrowly rejected in 2014.
Read More »Justices Give Green Light To Stops Over License Plates
The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police officers have broad authority to pull over motorists whose license plates are not fully visible. The decision rejected an appeal from a man who was charged with possession of cocaine, marijuana and paraphernalia after he was stopped by Orlando police because a tag light and wires were hanging down over the license plate on the vehicle he was driving. Evidence found during the stop led to the possession charges.
Read More »‘Ganjapreneurs’ Are Still Challenging Florida’s New Pot Law
The existing statute protects five medical marijuana nurseries.
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