Before Amendment 2, legal cannabis industry already budding in Florida

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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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