medical marijuana

An administrative law judge found the $1.33 million renewal fee for medical marijuana companies to do business in Florida reflects the “plain language” of the Legislature's intent.

Sanctuary Cannabis, one of 24 medical marijuana operators in the state, filed a challenge arguing that the health department's $1.33 million biennial fee is “wholly without logic or reason.”

An administrative law judge issued an order allowing a challenge by Sanctuary Cannabis to proceed and granted an emergency motion to force health officials to provide info used to calculate the new fee.

The state adopted a rule creating a formula that set the renewal fee at $1.33 million every two years — more than 22 times the $60,000 biennial operators had been paying.

It will likely take a few weeks before medical marijuana is available in pharmacies. After they submit applications, inspections will be required before approval is granted.

They are trying to persuade an appeals court that state health officials were wrong to scrap his application because he died before the licensing process was complete.

A Florida lawsuit challenging a federal prohibition on medical marijuana patients buying and possessing guns might have received support this week.

Justices sided with Leafly Holdings, an online site that challenged the Florida Department of Health's attempt to block medical marijuana operators from using third parties to process and dispense patient orders.

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office says a proposed constitutional amendment “misleads” voters in a way to benefit the state’s largest medical marijuana operator.

A state appeals court upheld the firing of the former officer - who is approved to use medical marijuana to treat PTSD - pointing to a federal law and a job requirement that he be able to use guns.