Tropiflora vies for cannabis license
Dennis Cathcart is no fan of the full-blown medical marijuana movement in Florida, but he believes his Tropiflora nursery could successfully produce a certain type of cannabis for needy patients.
Six commercial nurseries, including the 40-year-old Tropiflora in southern Manatee County, are vying for state approval to cultivate and sell non-euphoric cannabis in Southwest Florida.
“When we first heard about it, we were pretty much opposed,” Cathcart said. “But then we discovered that the product is a derivative of the cannabis plant, not something that can be smoked or used to get high in any way. We feel like it’s a worthy thing.”
The businesses applied by Wednesday’s deadline to the Florida Department of Health to be tapped as the sole “dispensing organization” for the 11-county region that includes Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte.
The process is a key step toward making a certain type of medical marijuana available to patients...
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