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The Smart & Safe Florida PAC, which has been bankrolled by cannabis operator Trulieve, submitted 294,037 valid petition signatures, enough to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review.

Under current law, patients are required to receive in-person physical exams from physicians to get certified and be evaluated in person at least once every 30 weeks for recertification.

Flavored nicotine is being outlawed by more states and cities, but similar bans often don’t apply to marijuana products advertised as mad mango, peach dream and cereal milk. Some public health advocates want more scrutiny.

A new U.S. study finds more than 7,000 confirmed cases of kids younger than 6 eating pot edibles were reported to the nation's poison control centers over a recent five-year period.

The anticipated move could double the size of the state's medical cannabis industry. The health department also made it more expensive for marijuana operators to renew their licenses every two years.

In 2021, cannabis sales increased to $30 billion, 40% higher than the previous year. The United States is expected to make up 75% of global cannabis sales in 2026.

The proceedings against Dr. Joseph Dorn, who was one of the first Florida doctors eligible to order medical marijuana for patients, have been closely watched in the state’s medical cannabis community.

Trulieve laid off an unspecified number of workers over the past few weeks at facilities in North Florida, where its grow operations are based.

State health officials deemed the application submitted by Moton Hopkins and Hatchett Creek Farms, of which he owned 51 percent, to be the cream of the crop, but after he died decided to award the license to someone else.

Tyler Griffin was motivated to start the business as his father's rheumatoid arthritis caused debilitating pain: "When your dad is sick, you’ll go to all the lengths.”