Six vie for Florida's medical marijuana business

The six nursery businesses that have applied to be Southwest Florida's medical marijuana dispensing organization are turning to prominent professionals in the Sunshine State and cultivation experts from Colorado who have experience in the pot-growing industry.

The state has been divided into five regions and only one license will be issued per region. Overall 28 applications were submitted from 24 nurseries. The six applicants for the region that includes Southwest Florida are based in LaBelle, Arcadia, Sarasota, Ruskin (two), and Homestead.

Applications, including a $60,063 non-refundable fee, were submitted to the Florida Department of Health's Office of Compassionate Use by the July 8 filing deadline. The selections are expected to be made by early October. The department has not finalized the selection committee panel members, according to an email Friday from Mara Burger, press secretary.

To be eligible, nurseries had to operate for at least 30 years and have an inventory of 400,000 plants. The...

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