Tampa Firm Says Rights Violated In Pot License Fight
A Tampa-based orchid grower has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit which alleges constitutional due-process violations related to the nursery's attempt to get a medical marijuana license.
A Tampa-based orchid grower has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit which alleges constitutional due-process violations related to the nursery's attempt to get a medical marijuana license.
While some members expressed concern about patients smoking medical marijuana, the Florida Board of Medicine has approved forms for doctors to use in ordering smokable pot.
As court battles continue about whether the state is properly carrying out a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana, the Florida House is again trying to weigh in.
An appeals court refused Tuesday to reconsider its decision rejecting arguments that prominent Tampa strip-club owner Joe Redner should be able to grow his own medical marijuana to help fight lung cancer.
It is being called the miracle product to treat everything from anxiety to pain.
Two medical marijuana operators want the state to give them the same treatment as Florida's largest medical-cannabis firm, after health officials allowed Quincy-based Trulieve to open more dispensaries than a state law allowed.
State health officials are preparing to revamp the application process for medical-marijuana businesses.
Florida is adding eight more medical marijuana operators to the 14 businesses currently selling cannabis throughout the state.
Members of a Florida House committee on Tuesday pushed forward a proposal that would cap the level of euphoria-inducing THC in smokable medical marijuana.
Prominent Tampa strip-club owner Joe Redner doesn't have the legal right to grow his own medical marijuana to combat lung cancer, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Veterans would get free medical-marijuana identification cards, the level of THC would be capped in weed for smoking, and it would be harder for sick children to get full-strength medical pot, under a House proposal slated for its first vetting Wednesday.
South Floridians can now go through a drive-thru to receive medicinal marijuana.
A North Florida man who's struggled with fibromyalgia for years became the state's first patient to legally buy whole-flower cannabis for smoking Thursday.
New Florida Governor Ron DeSanits signed his first bill into law on Monday, and it's a substantial one.
Legal, smokable medical marijuana is moving closer to legality in Florida.
Smoking medical marijuana in the state of Florida is another step closer to becoming reality.
The Florida House will pass a bill allowing a smokable form of medical marijuana, although it will be restricted to adults, according to Speaker Jose Oliva.
Florida policymakers readily admit they are taking it slow when it comes to dealing with pot, both before and after voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana.
A Senate proposal that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana is ready to go to the full Senate after the Rules Committee unanimously signed off on the measure Wednesday.
As lawmakers weigh changes to the state's medical-marijuana laws, the Florida Department of Health has appealed a circuit judge's ruling that struck down a limit on the number of dispensaries that marijuana businesses can operate.
The issue of medical marijuana has been one of the most-discussed topics among Florida politicians in recent years.
Saying hemp is poised to be a "multibillion-dollar industry in the state," Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Wednesday appointed the state's first cannabis czar.
Florida has a new Director of Cannabis.
Florida House leaders have rolled out a proposal that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana, but only after going through what one critic called a "bureaucratic mess of red tape."
A high-profile effort to repeal the state's ban on smokable medical marijuana morphed Monday into legislation that, according to the proposal's author, would be worse for patients than doing nothing at all.
Residents in the path of Hurricane Helene in northwest Florida evacuated or were hunkered down Thursday.
Storm surge on Florida's Gulf Coast could reach 15 to 20 feet near where the storm makes landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday night, as a tropical storm warning remains in effect for all of South Florida.
Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore.
As the storm intensifies, airports across the state are taking the necessary precautions to ensure travelers fly safely and get to their destinations promptly.
Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in the Big Bend area on Florida's Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 4 storm.
Residents in the path of Hurricane Helene in northwest Florida evacuated or were hunkered down Thursday.
Storm surge on Florida's Gulf Coast could reach 15 to 20 feet near where the storm makes landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The CBS Miami Nat Moore Trophy recognizes the top high school football player in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.
As Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday night, as a tropical storm warning remains in effect for all of South Florida.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Suspect Ryan Routh was charged last week with two federal firearms charges after allegedly targeting former President Donald Trump.
Visa exploits its market dominance to stifle competition, costing consumers and merchants billions in extra fees, feds allege in a lawsuit.
Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre said during testimony before Congress Tuesday he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Currently, there is no known cure, but a variety of medications can provide relief.
34 laws passed during the 2024 legislative session will take effect, with the homeless changes drawing the most attention.
Some Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favor of abstinence-focused lessons.
In a follow-up to last week's special edition of Facing, Jim talks to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D - R.I., who is the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
In about a month and a half Florida voters will decide Amendment 4, which would eliminate the state's six-week abortion ban and would return Florida to what it was like before the U.S. Supreme Court struck Roe v. Wade.
Research shows that an overwhelming majority of likely Florida voters believe global warming is real.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede discusses the latest update with Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman and county Commissioner Raquel Regalado.
Martin Karp is running against Joe Geller for a Miami-Dade School Board seat.
The government has already disbursed more than 900 million free at-home COVID-19 tests, and will be reopening its free test kit portal.
Regulators say the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers are partly to blame for the soaring cost of insulin in the U.S.
Many of the pertussis infections have been reported in older children and adults.
Meat processor's marketing of industrial beef products as "climate-smart" misleads consumers, environmental group alleges.
Teva will stop selling the painkillers on September 30.
Just in time for the holiday season, Nintendo has released Nintendo Switch bundles and special editions.
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Miami-Dade is considering four possible sites, including two that are 2 miles or less from the city of Miramar.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
There are two sales tax holidays for hurricane supplies
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In her new film, the actress plays an aging TV star who finds a sinister potion that can give her a younger, more perfect version of herself, but at a horrifying price. Moore, now 61, talks about having suffered due to the entertainment industry's toxic expectations of beauty.
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