Florida

Mon
18
Jul

Curbing the Marijuana Industry's Voracious Energy Appetite

As voters go to the polls this November, at least four states will consider ballot questions on marijuana legalization. Pending proposals in Nevada, Maine and California would authorize recreational marijuana use, while Floridians will vote on whether to allow medical marijuana use.

Mon
11
Jul

Residents in These 8 States Are Set to Vote on Marijuana This November

This is going to be a transformative year for the United States. Not only are we set to vote in a new president for the first time in eight years this November, but we could also see the most rapid expansion of marijuana ever, with eight states now set to vote on recreational or medical cannabis initiatives or amendments this fall.

What's at stake

The expansion of the cannabis industry was initially put in motion 20 years ago when California approved a compassionate use law for medical marijuana. Today, half of all U.S. states have approved a medical marijuana law. The two most recent approvals came from Pennsylvania and Ohio, which used the legislative process to pass medical cannabis laws.

Fri
08
Jul

Medical Marijuana a Boon for Florida Businesses

Rosie Yagielo runs a marijuana business at the southern edge of a state where medical pot isn't available.

Based in a small office in Key Largo, HempStaff doesn't grow the drug or sell it.

Yet it could profit if voters in November approve an amendment to expand the legal uses of medical marijuana. HempStaff is one of 15,000 businesses nationwide that provide services and technology to marijuana growers and dispensaries.

They see Florida as an opportunity. The state's budding marijuana market could be one of the largest in the country within a matter of years if 60 percent of voters approve Amendment 2.

Thu
07
Jul

Oregon’s New Teen Cannabis Prevention Campaign Isn’t Horrible. We Found 8 Others That Were Worse.

With its “Stay True to You” campaign released today, Oregon’s state health agency has done what few nonprofits and government agencies have ever done: created a youth cannabis prevention campaign that’s not entirely embarrassing. 

The $4 million campaign, funded by state cannabis tax revenue, uses a combination of adult testimonials, facts about teen brain development, and warnings that younger siblings will emulate their older brothers and sisters. You can watch a couple examples here and here

Wed
15
Jun

Anti-Cannabis Group Uses Orlando Massacre as Prohibitionist Talking Point

It’s an exchange of Twitter barbs that might be dubbed a “dustup” if 49 people weren’t dead.

Tue
14
Jun

Trump Tuesday: Morning Joe panel rips Donald Trump for “taking a victory lap over 50 bodies” after Orlando massacre

"Everything about his reaction was very small and unhelpful," The New York Times' Frank Bruni argued.

The panelists on MSNBC’s Morning Joe were no happier than their colleagues at TODAY about Donald Trump’s self-congratulatory response to the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub over the weekend. 

Trump insisted to TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie that he was merely calling attention to the congratulations he had received after the terror attack for his perspicuity in having predicted it when he tweeted the following:

Fri
10
Jun

Florida: Researcher Urges Voters to Give the Gift of Cannabis

A psychiatrist who will help run a federally approved study of the use of medical marijuana to treat veterans has urged Floridians to pass Amendment 2 in November.

Organizers of the amendment, United for Care, held a press conference in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday with Dr. Suzanne Sisley and two veterans who have used medical marijuana. The press conference was held at a Westin hotel, the site of a Viridian Cannabis conference about investing in the marijuana industry. 

Fri
10
Jun

Large Law Office Pivots Towards the Legal Cannabis Industry

A Florida-based firm is opening three new offices in cities where cannabis is an emerging industry, and it has plans to open more.

Another sign of how the legal cannabis industry is growing and maturing: the arrival of established law firms, looking to represent those involved in what was once an outlaw enterprise.

Wed
08
Jun

Tampa Biopharma Firm Makes Gains in the Expanding Medical Marijuana Industry

Tampa biopharmaceutical firm has been awarded the first U.S. patent for a commercial process that could lead to additional medical therapies based on substances unique to marijuana.

The company, formerly CBC Biotechnologies Inc., has changed its name to Teewinot Life Sciences Corp., and struck a deal with a contract research organization to scale up its proprietary processes, a press release said.

The changes follow a $7 million venture capital investment in CBC in March.

Mon
06
Jun

Up to 12 States Could Vote on Marijuana This November

Marijuana legalization has been growing like a weed for the past two decades, but 2016 could prove to be its most monumental year yet. Although marijuana has gained 24 state approvals for medicinal use, and four states have legalized its recreational use, we could see up to 12 separate approvals for the currently illicit drug in November.

This expansion is especially important because current President Barack Obama has suggested that the best way to get the attention of Congress is to continue legalizing the drug at the state level. Doing so would eventually force lawmakers to reconsider the federal government's current Schedule 1 stance on the drug.

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