Tap 42 is Tapping Into the CBD Oil Trend With These Specialty Cocktails
CBD-infused cocktails are the latest trend in South Florida. Tap 42's "Could Be Dope" event will let customers choose the restaurant's first CBD-infused drink.
View ArticleNikki Fried: Florida Needs Smokeable Marijuana Now
Twenty-seven months have passed since Floridians overwhelmingly voted for the right to access medical marijuana. But you wouldn’t know it by the way the previous administration obstructed access,...
View ArticleWhat Floridians Should Know About CBD, Pot's Nonpsychoactive Sibling
Last week, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried — the only Democrat elected statewide in the 2018 midterms — shook up her 4,000-employee agency by appointing Holly Bell the state's first-ever...
View ArticleHere's Proof Getting Medical Marijuana in Florida Is Becoming Easier
When 62-year-old cancer survivor Jer Valentino set out to obtain his medical marijuana card, the Naples, Florida, resident had to wait two weeks before he could even see a doctor. Another three months...
View ArticleWhere to Buy Medical Marijuana and CBD in Palm Beach County
With more medical marijuana patients and doctors than ever, demand is soaring for cannabis products in the state of Florida. With a newly-appointed cannabis director and agricultural commissioner Nikki...
View ArticleLegal Recreational Pot Could Come to Florida, Just Like Vermont
“Marijuana legalization is coming,” State Sen. Randolph Bracy says as he talks up his bill that would place the legalization of recreational marijuana in voters' hands in the November 2020 general...
View ArticleGrowHealthy Opens Its Third Florida Cannabis Dispensary in Lake Worth
Medical cannabis company GrowHealthy will open a dispensary in Lake Worth this week. The shop is the company's third in Florida and second in Palm Beach County. The company has plans to open 17...
View ArticleFormer Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo Joins Cannabis Lobbying Group
Former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo will serve as a strategic adviser for the Cannabis Trade Federation, a nonprofit that aims to educate and advocate for cannabis public policy.
View ArticleWill Florida Legalize Recreational Marijuana in 2020?
More than two years after voting overwhelmingly to legalize medical marijuana, Floridians are still fighting for access. Smoking it remained illegal until just days ago. And in cities such as Miami...
View ArticleThe Ten Best 4/20 Parties and Events in South Florida
4/20 is bound to be bigger than ever in Florida this year in the wake of medical marijuana legalization and increasing acceptance of bud-derived products.
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Cost a Nursing Student Her Spot at Nova Southeastern
When Kaitlin McKeon was confronted with the results of her drug test, she already knew what it would show: positive for marijuana. Before she'd even enrolled in the nursing program at Nova Southeastern...
View ArticleWhere to Buy Medical Marijuana in Florida
Here's a list of every medical marijuana dispensary in Florida.
View ArticleWith Petition Milestone, Recreational Marijuana Is One Step Closer in Florida
For years, Floridians have watched from the sidelines as states such as Colorado, California, and even Michigan have legalized recreational marijuana. But with activists pushing to get recreational...
View ArticleBaptist Health Diagnoses Medical Marijuana Patient With Drug Abuse
The morning of June 20, Michael Morell woke up as he did every weekday, when his alarm clock rang at 6. The 34-year-old father of two sat up and reached over to his bedside table to hit snooze. But...
View ArticleNew Bill Would Make Florida 27th State to Decriminalize Marijuana
As Floridians continue to ponder the idea of a not-so-distant future in which weed is legal, Democratic state Rep. Shevrin Jones has moved for more sudden action. Yesterday he introduced a bill that...
View ArticleFlorida Lawsuit Shows Lack of Regulation for CBD Products, Experts Say
Experts say a recent class-action lawsuit filed in Florida signals a growing need for more stringent regulation and enforcement of the hemp and CBD industries in the state. The suit alleges the Fort...
View ArticleTwo Bills Could Dismantle Florida's Medical Marijuana "Cartel"
In Florida, companies such as Philip Morris and Bacardi aren't required to cultivate and process raw plant material and then package, distribute, and sell their cigarettes and rum. But for some reason,...
View ArticleRecreational Weed Would Pump $190 Million Into Florida's Economy, Report Says
If approved in 2020, recreational marijuana could inject a whopping $190 million in sales tax and tourism dollars into Florida each year. That's according to a recent financial analysis of an ongoing...
View ArticleFlorida Petition to Legalize Marijuana Dies From Lack of Signatures
It was a valiant effort, but one of Florida's front-running petition drives to legalize recreational marijuana will not be on the 2020 ballot, owing to a lack of signatures. Regulate Florida, which...
View ArticleOlive Oil Tinctures Skirt Florida's Edibles Ban
Flavored tinctures are a sort of loophole in Florida law, which prohibits edibles.
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