For years, Homestead and the Redland have been the epicenter of Miami's booming marijuana-growing scene. Of course, the millions of dollars' worth of weed shipped out of South Dade every year has to be produced on the sly in black-market grow houses and is subject to regular raids by law enforcement officials.     

TALLAHASSEE -- Five Florida nurseries, including two from Miami-Dade County, were selected Monday to cultivate and distribute the first legal marijuana in the state, opening the door to the sale of the non-euphoric strains to treat patients with seizure disorders and cancer by June of next year.

Costa Nursery Farms, of Miami, won the bid for the Southeast Region. Alpha Foliage of Homestead will grow it for the Southwest Region. Knox Nursery of Winter Garden, will grow it for the Central Region. Hackney Nursery Company of Tallahassee will grow it for the Northwest Region. Chestnut Hill Tree Farm of Alachua will be the grower for the Northeast Region.

TALLAHASSEE - State health officials announced Monday that five Florida nurseries have been chosen to cultivate and distribute the first legal marijuana in the state, opening the door to the sale and distribution of the non-euphoric strains next year.

The Florida Department of Health has approved Knox Nursery in Winter Garden as the medical marijuana dispensary of Central Florida.

The department on Nov. 23 released the names of five nurseries in Florida that have been approved as dispensing organizations of low-THC cannabis, or medical marijuana. The other four approved Florida nurseries include:

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A select group of sick patients will now have access to non-euphoric medical marijuana after Florida health officials selected five “dispensing organizations” on Monday that can grow, process and distribute the special pot.

But many in the industry believe that the biggest challenge in the drawn-out process is yet to come.

The five winners, who scored the highest of 28 applications, are Hackney Nursery in the Northwest region of the state; Chestnut Hill Tree Farm in the Northeast; Knox Nursery in the Central region; Alpha Foliage in the Southwest region; and Costa Nursery Farms in the Southeast region.

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In an attempt to head off an approaching constitutional ballot change in 2016, a Florida lawmaker has presented an expense into the legislature that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. The bill, SB 852, was presented by Sen. Jeff Brandes.

“This legislation acknowledges the growing assistance in Florida for the medical usage of marijuana as an additional alternative for physicians in the treatment of their patients,” said Brandes in a news release. “We develop on the very best practices of the 23 other states that have legislated medical cannabis.”

TALLAHASSEE — Patients who have been given a year to live could soon be allowed to use marijuana to ease their pain.

A Florida House panel on Tuesday okayed legislation that would expand an existing, small medical marijuana program and a law allowing terminal patients to try experimental drugs. Now, with two doctors' approval, a patient can buy marijuana from a licensed grower in the state.

"Cannabis should be the first option for patients, rather than the last resort," said Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, speaking on behalf of Cathy Jordan, a Parrish resident who has suffered from ALS for 29 years. "No one should have to go through what I did to get their medication."