3 Florida nurseries file protests over medical marijuana licenses

Three Florida nurseries on Friday filed the first protests over the state’s licensing of growers of medical marijuana, according to the state Department of Health

The department confirmed receiving filings from TropiFlora of Sarasota, San Felasco Nurseries of Gainesville and Perkins Nursery of LaBelle by the close of business.

Rejected nurseries have until Monday to file protests over the state’s award of five licenses to grow medicinal pot.

The businesses that received licenses, as revealed late last month, are Hackney Nursery Co. (northwest region), Chestnut Hill Tree Farm (northeast), Knox Nursery (central), Alpha Foliage (southwest), and Costa Nursery Farms (southeast).

“The department remains committed to getting this product to children with intractable epilepsy and people with advanced cancer as safely and quickly as possible,” DOH spokeswoman Mara Gambineri said. On Monday “we’ll review any petitions filed and evaluate the path we need to take...

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