Before Amendment 2, legal cannabis industry already budding in Florida
With his raspy voice, long ponytail and friendly demeanor, George Douthitt is the guy you might get if you called central casting and ordered up a vintage pothead.
True to form, the 63-year-old eagerly accepted a delivery from his weed guy one recent morning, forking over $50 for a small package of marijuana.
This drug deal, however, quickly veered off script. The buy was completely aboveboard — as evidenced by the $3.50 in sales taxes tacked onto his tab.
Florida voters on Nov. 8 decide the fate of Amendment 2, which would widen the availability of state-regulated marijuana. But a legal cannabis industry already is budding in the state.
Douthitt is one of nearly 400 Floridians permitted to use a breed of cannabis known as Charlotte’s Web or Haleigh’s Hope — and once labeled Hippie’s Disappointment, because it has too little THC to get you high. The marijuana can...
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