Patients who qualify for medical marijuana under a voter-approved constitutional amendment can start purchasing cannabis treatments in as little as 90 days, according to state Office of Compassionate Use Director Christian Bax.
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State health officials have asked an administrative law judge to take over a case about a dispute between two Southwest Florida businesses trying to get medical marijuana licenses.
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The Sunshine State's new medical-marijuana amendment allows six months for the rules on treatment centers to be crafted and nine months for patient ID cards to begin being issued.
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In 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the White House. The Cubs won the World Series. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In other words, it was the kind of year that seemed designed to make Florida news look normal.
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With the state's pot industry poised to explode, Florida health officials have agreed to issue a seventh medical marijuana license.
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A fourth Florida organization has been allowed to distribute low-THC cannabis as medicine for a narrow list of medical conditions, less than a month before Amendment 2, which allows full legalization of medical marijuana becomes effective in the state of Florida.
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With an over 70 percent approval rating in the polls, marijuana will become legal for medical use in Florida.
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Florida voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana for patients with a broad swath of conditions.
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Florida voters were deciding Tuesday whether Republican Sen. Marco Rubio deserves a second term in an election that also will send at least eight new members to Congress, play a critical role in the presidential race and decide whether to broaden access to medical marijuana.
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For the second time, Floridians will vote whether or not to approve medical marijuana. Amendment 2 is back on the ballot, after narrowly missing the margin to pass two years ago.
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