The News Service of Florida reports the Florida Department of Health on Thursday issued a final order rejecting a Northeast Florida nursery’s attempt to get a license to grow, process and dispense…
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Charlotte’s Web creators fight for Florida license
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA More than two years after lawmakers legalized a limited type of medical marijuana, an administrative law judge heard arguments Wednesday in a dispute about…
State panel moves forward with medical pot licenses
BY DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA 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…
Nurseries seek piece of new pot industry
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA In a key step toward making a type of medical marijuana available to patients, the Florida Department of Health has received 28 applications from…
Jacksonville City Council approves moratorium on Charlotte’s Web
On the eve of the Florida Department of Health accepting applications to grow low-THC cannabis, such as Charlotte’s Web, the Jacksonville City Council approved a six-month moratorium to block any such businesses…
Breaking News: Judge throws out last Charlotte’s Web challenge
Judge W. David Watkins has thrown out the last challenge against the rules established by the Florida Department of Health for Charlotte’s Web. The application period for the five licenses allowing nurseries…
Senate bill for Charlotte’s Web distribution still alive
Yesterday State Sen. Rob Bradley offered an amendment to SB 7066 that revived the fight to establish a law for the distribution for low THC cannabis, the most well-known strain as Charlotte’s Web….
Email our state representatives about Charlotte’s Web. Time is running out.
On Pensacola Speaks, I asked listeners to email our Florida State Reps and ask them to work with the Florida Senate to pass a bill that would get Charlotte’s Web in the…
Charlotte’s Web caught up in greed and politics
Ryan Wiggins of Full Contact Strategies sent out this afternoon a statement from the Mosley family regarding the current status of Charlotte’s Web in Florida. The last challenge against the rules for…
Another Charlotte’s Web rules challenge dropped
Citing privacy concerns, a trade association has dropped its challenge to proposed regulations that would carry out a 2014 law allowing limited types of medical marijuana in Florida. Administrative Law Judge W….
Ryan Wiggins: What the heck is going on in Tallahassee
Ryan Wiggins, founder of Full Impact Strategies, talks on Pensacola Speaks about the circus going on in Tallahassee. She gives an update on Charlotte’s Web – she is very positive of what’s…
PS Today: Ryan Wiggins on inside Florida Legislature
On Pensacola Speaks today, I will have Ryan Wiggins, owner of Full Contact Strategies and #72 on the Inweekly Power List. She will update us on how lawmakers are dealing with Charlotte’s…
Senators frustrated over rules challenges push Charlotte’s Web fix
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Citing frustration with delays in getting non-euphoric cannabis to patients, a Florida Senate panel Thursday pushed forward a revised attempt to create a regulatory…
Charlotte’s Web rule challenge in jeopardy
With the case possibly getting tossed out, an administrative law judge has canceled a hearing next week in a challenge to a proposed rule for the state’s new medical-marijuana industry. Judge Elizabeth…
Charlotte’s Web rules hit with more legal challenges
MARIJUANA RULE HIT WITH TWO MORE CHALLENGES A Central Florida nursery and a trade association this week filed legal challenges to a state Department of Health proposal to carry out a new…
PS podcast: Matt Gaetz on tax cuts and Charlotte’s Web
On Pensacola Speaks, Rep. Matt Gaetz, chairman of the House Finance & Tax Committee, talks about the huge tax cuts his committee passed. He also gives us his viewpoints on the hold-ups…
Florida Senate takes Charlotte’s Web into its own hands
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Facing another legal challenge to the state’s attempt to craft a framework for a medical-marijuana industry, a Senate committee moved forward Tuesday with a…
Florida Senate may consider Charlotte’s Web regs
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Frustrated by delays, legislators are ready to create a regulatory framework for the state’s medical-marijuana industry and consider broadening a law approved last year….
PS Friday, March 20 edition: PATS, Pot and Posting Up
On Pensacola Speaks today, I will talk with Dr. Pat Kerrigan, who served as the principal of Brown-Barge Middle School and the PATS Center before her retirement in 2011. I will also…
Charlotte’s Web hearing set for April 14
Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth McArthur has scheduled an April 14 hearing in a legal challenge to a proposed regulatory framework for Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry, according to a document posted on the…