FLORIDA CANNABIS PROGRAM
FLORIDA
STATE STATUS
The state of Florida legalized medical cannabis in 2016 through a Ballot initiative, Amendment 2, which provided a legal way for qualifying patients in the state to access and utilize medical cannabis as a form of treatment for their ailment. Access to medical cannabis is through state-licensed businesses allowed to grow, manufacture and sell medical cannabis. A proposed bill will Allow adults 21 years or older to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption by smoking, ingestion, or otherwise; allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell, and distribute such products and accessories.
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FLORIDA PROPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUSINESS LICENSES
Florida Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) – means an entity that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their caregivers and is registered by the Department
- MMTC’s will be licensed to sell and distribute medical and recreational marijuana. The legislature may provide for the licensure of entities that are not Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers to acquire, cultivate, possess, process, transfer, transport, sell, and distribute marijuana products and marijuana accessories for personal use by adults. If it goes to ballot and is voted in, the legislature may adopt rules & regs for other licenses to be made available to sustain an adult market.
HOW TO START A MARIJUANA BUSINESS IN FLORIDA
To obtain a marijuana business license in North Carolina, you will be required to submit an application. As part of the application, some of the plans you may need to include the following:
- Security Plan.
- Environmental Impact Plan.
- Quality Control and Quality Assurance Plan.
- Business History Plan.
- Financial Plan.
- Community Benefits Plan.
- Research Plan.
- Cultivation, Manufacturing and/or Dispensing Plan.
- Labor Compliance Plan.
- Staffing and Training Plan.
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FLORIDA PROGRAM TIMELINE
2014 – Florida legalized low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis.
2015 – first Florida low-THC, high-CBD business opened.
2016 – Florida expanded their medical cannabis program allowing for higher THC within medical cannabis products.
2019 – Florida issued an additional 8 MMTCs.
July 2022 – OMMU plans to issue 19 new licenses
April 24, 2023 – Application portal opens for 22 new MMTC applications.
April 28, 2023 – Application portal closes.
October, 2024 – Bill will be placed on Ballot if the proposal overcomes a Florida Supreme Court review and an expected legal challenge from state Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Spring 2025 – Six Months after the passage of the ballot rules and regulations must be adopted. Within 9 months of approval new MMTC’s must be registered.
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2014 – Florida legalized low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis.
2015 – first Florida low-THC, high-CBD business opened.
2016 – Florida expanded their medical cannabis program allowing for higher THC within medical cannabis products.
2019 – Florida issued an additional 8 MMTCs.
July 2022 – OMMU plans to issue 19 new licenses
April 24, 2023 – Application portal opens for 22 new MMTC applications.
April 28, 2023 – Application portal closes.
October, 2024 – Bill will be placed on Ballot if the proposal overcomes a Florida Supreme Court review and an expected legal challenge from state Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Spring 2025 – Six Months after the passage of the ballot rules and regulations must be adopted. Within 9 months of approval new MMTC’s must be registered.
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