Marijuana Legalization

State Panel Prepares To Move Forward With Medical Pot

State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida's first legal pot growers, setting in...

Key West Moves Toward Fine For Pot Possession

Nancy Klingener

The city of Key West is joining the ranks of South Florida municipalities where possession of small amounts of marijuana is treated as a civil code...

Medical Marijuana Group Collects $770K

News Service of Florida

A group seeking to ask voters in 2016 to legalize medical marijuana raised more than $770,000 in July, buoyed by contributions from its leader, Orlando...

Local supervisors of elections have 30 days to validate at least 68,317 petitions to trigger scrutiny by the Florida Supreme Court, which signed off on the previous version of the proposal last year on a 4-3 vote.

Florida Pot Petition Heads To Local Supervisors of Elections

Dara Kam - News Service of Florida

Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana this week sent 100,000 petitions to county elections supervisors...

County Considers Civil Charges For Pot

Associated Press

Leaders in Alachua County are considering whether to lighten the penalties for marijuana possession. Commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to have the county...

Monroe County is moving forward with an ordinance that would allow possession of small amounts of marijuana to be handled with a civil citation instead of a criminal charge.

Keys Move Forward On Civil Citation For Marijuana Possession

Nancy Klingener

The Monroe Board of County Commissioners Wednesday told the county attorney to move forward with an ordinance that would allow police officers to give a...

Growers, Docs File Low-THC Pot Applications

Abe Aboraya

The Florida Department of Health has 90 days to decide which five nurseries will be allowed to grow low-THC medical marijuana in Florida. As of last...

Monroe County commissioners are set to talk next week about following Miami-Dade's lead and allowing for civil citations instead of arrests in cases of possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Keys To Consider Civil Citation For Pot Possession

Nancy Klingener

Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys, could soon follow Miami-Dade's lead in allowing civil citations for possession of small amounts of...

Pot Possession Will Now Be Fined In Miami-Dade County

Maria Murriel

The Miami-Dade County commission voted Tuesday to allow civil penalties for certain misdemeanors, including possession of drug paraphernalia and up to...

The Department of Health's Low-THC marijuana are going into effect.

Health Department's Medical Marijuana Rules Clear Challenge

Nick Evans

Whether Medicaid expansion will ever come to Florida is far from certain. But after more than a year in the works, one health fight finally appears...