STATE PROGRAMS

Florida

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Florida Program Overview (April 26, 2022)

Programs

Dispensaries (04/22/22)

  • Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Licensees: 22
  • Dispensing Locations: 420

Geography

  • Alabama: Medical ONLY
  • Georgia: Medical cannabis oil <= 5% THC only, and no more than 20 fl oz. total.

Regulatory Agencies

Financial Institutions

  • Banks: 203
  • Credit Unions: 132

Division of Financial Institutions:

https://flofr.gov/sitePages/DivisionOfFinancialInstitutions.htm

Regulations:

https://flofr.gov/sitePages/DivisionOfFinancialInstitutions.htm

Key Definitions

  • Adult Seasonal Resident: “any person who temporarily resides in this state for a period of at least 31 consecutive days in each calendar year, maintains a temporary residence in this state, returns to the state or jurisdiction of his or her residence at least one time during each calendar year, and is registered to vote or pays income tax in another state or jurisdiction.” Florida does not accept out of state medical marijuana cards.
  • Edibles: “commercially produced food items made with marijuana oil, but no other form of marijuana, that are produced and dispensed by a medical marijuana treatment center.”
  • Low-THC cannabis: “a plant of the genus Cannabis, the dried flowers of which contain 0.8 percent or less of tetrahydrocannabinol and more than 10 percent of cannabidiol weight for weight; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or its seeds or resin that is dispensed only from a dispensing organization.”
  • Medical Marijuana Treatment Center: “A licensed medical marijuana treatment center shall cultivate, process, transport, and dispense marijuana for medical use”

Purchase Limit

  • Based on “any active, valid order for low-THC cannabis, medical cannabis and cannabis delivery devices […] which was entered into the medical marijuana use registry”
    • Non-smokable marijuana
      • No more than a 70-day supply within a 70-day period
      • Multi-serving edibles may not contain more than 200 milligrams of THC, and a single serving portion of an edible may not exceed 10 milligrams of THC.
  • Smokable marijuana
    • No more than a 35-day supply within a 35 rolling day period
    • A 35 rolling day supply <= 2.5 ounces
    • Qualified patients may only possess up to 4 ounces of medical marijuana in a form for smoking at any given time
Statutes

Regulations

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State Cannabis Regulatory Authority

Address:

Department of Health

Office of Medical Marijuana Use

4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin M-01

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Contact :

Phone:

850-245-4657    800-808-9580

Fax:

850-487-7046

Questions can also be emailed to:

General Questions and Inquiries:

MedicalMarijuanaUse@flhealth.gov

Public Record/Data Requests:

OMMUInformationRequests@flhealth.gov

State Banking Regulatory Authority

Florida Office of Financial Regulation    https://flofr.gov/

Main Office: 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399

Email:             N/A

Phone:            (850) 487-9687

Fax:                 (850) 410-9663

Orlando Office:      400 W Robinson St, Orlando, FL 32801

Tampa Office:            1313 N Tampa St #615, Tampa, FL
33602

West Palm Beach Office:          400 N Congress Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Miami Office: 401 NW 2nd Ave N708, Miami, FL 33128

News:

https://flofr.gov/sitePages/OFRNews.htm

Subscribe:

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Annual Regulatory Plan:

https://flofr.gov/sitePages/AnnualRegulatoryPlan.htm