Florida Cannabis

As Florida gears up for a monumental vote in November 2024, Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational cannabis use, is gaining significant support from key voices. One who has just joined the chorus is Gordon Smith, the Sheriff of Bradford County, a region in North Central Florida with a...

A new poll shows Florida’s proposed cannabis legalization initiative, known as Amendment 3, is just shy of the 60% approval needed for passage. Opposition to the amendment, which will go before voters in the Nov. 5 elections, is intensifying. Well-funded groups like Keep Florida Clean and...

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE:TRUL) (OTCQX:TCNNF) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at 8:30 am Eastern Time following the release of its third quarter 2024 financial results. The Florida-based medical cannabis giant said founder and CEO Kim Rivers and CFO Wes Getman will...

A new campaign ad supporting Florida’s Amendment 3, which aims to legalize recreational marijuana, features Republican Sen. Joe Gruters addressing critics of the measure.  Titled "Blowing Smoke," the ad counters claims from Governor Ron DeSantis, who opposes the amendment and has sparked...

RIV Capital Inc. (CSE:RIV) (OTC:CNPOF) and Cansortium Inc. (CSE:TIUM) (OTCQB:CNTMF) have secured approval from the New York Cannabis Control Board for their upcoming merger, marking a major consolidation in the state's fast-growing cannabis industry. The merger, expected to close by the end of...

Florida cannabis businesses began closing down in preparation for Hurricane Milton, which hit the state's west coast late Wednesday. Despite the storm’s looming threat, Governor Ron DeSantis refused to extend the Oct. 7 voter registration deadline, even as millions were forced to evacuate...

Cannabis Legalization Draws More Ad Dollars Than Presidential Race As the 2024 election season heats up, Florida’s presidential ad spending has taken a sharp decline, with cannabis legalization emerging as the dominant issue in the state.  According to media tracking firm AdImpact, just...

Herb recently hosted an exclusive dinner in Miami Beach in collaboration with Rohan Marley's cannabis brand, Lion Order. The event, which took place on October 5, 2024, brought together cannabis professionals, luxury advocates and influential voices in the cannabis space to discuss Florida’s...

Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo (D) filed a court order Friday against the State of Florida for misusing taxpayer dollars to fund an ad opposing a cannabis legalization initiative, known as Amendment 3 that will go before the voters on Nov. 5. The ad, produced by the Florida Department of...

Cannabis Giant Curaleaf Expands Florida Footprint Cannabis retailers are ramping up their presence in Florida, a medical cannabis market that could soon transition to recreational. That is if Amendment 3 gets the green light from the voters this November. The same companies have been pouring...

A new ad for Florida's marijuana legalization initiative, Amendment 3, highlights a rare bipartisan consensus among presidential candidates and their running mates from both the Democratic and Republican parties: all of them oppose criminalizing cannabis users. Titled “We're All Saying the...

Hispanics, who account for 22% of Florida's electorate with 2.75 million voters, are showing increasing support for cannabis legalization. In a recent poll conducted by TelevisaUnivision and Media Predict, 60% of Hispanic voters in the state expressed either a definite or probable “yes...

Thousands Are Buying Weed In North Carolina's Only Weed Shop Cannabis sales are booming in North Carolina's only legal store selling recreational marijuana. Great Smoky, located on the 57,000-acre Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI,) has been serving all adults 21 and...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is not happy with his GOP colleagues, whom he says are not doing enough to stop passage of Florida’s cannabis legalization ballot, known as Amendment 3, which will be voted on at the upcoming November elections. "You say you're all about these issues, and then...

As Florida prepares for a critical vote on recreational cannabis legalization this November, Governor Ron DeSantis is intensifying his campaign against Amendment 3, this time challenging cannabis giant Trulieve (OTC:TCNNF) (CSE:TRUL). In an effort to counter what the polls show as a majority of...