Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Florida: Military Veteran Fired For Medical Marijuana Use

MMP News AuthorNovember 11, 2020

Cannabis was the clear winner in the highly competitive 2020 Election, as five states legalized both recreational and medical marijuana. Finally, it seems as if the country is starting to realize the versatile, medicinal nature of the plant. Let’s just call cannabis what it is — medicine. Unfortunately, the negative stigma ... Read More

Cansortium Announces Opening of its 23rd Fluent Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Florida

MMP News AuthorNovember 10, 2020

MIAMI, Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Cansortium Inc. (“Cansortium” or the “Company”) (CSE: TIUM.U), (OTCQB: CNTMF), a vertically-integrated provider of premium-quality medical cannabis operating under the Fluent™ brand, continued its Florida expansion with the November 6th opening of its 23rd Florida dispensary, making it the fifth of 2020. The Company’s ... Read More

Marine vet high school dean is fired in Florida for using medicinal marijuana prescribed for PTSD

MMP News AuthorNovember 5, 2020

A Florida high school dean has been fired after he tested positive for marijuana, even though it had been prescribed to him by a doctor to treat post-traumatic stress disorder he incurred in the Marines. Belleview High School Dean Mike Hickman was fired by the Marion County School Board in ... Read More

St. Tammany police arrest Florida man with 170 bags of marijuana seeds, growing equipment

MMP News AuthorOctober 22, 2020

LACOMBE, La – A Florida man stopped by a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy had what police describe as the “makings of a grow operation” inside of his vehicle. St. Tammany police find 13 pounds of heroin and fentanyl hidden in minivan’s battery Twenty-two-year-old Raymond Justice of Bradenton, Florida, ... Read More

Florida man arrested along I-20 after Trooper finds 40 lbs of Marijuana in vehicle

MMP News AuthorOctober 12, 2020

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — A Florida man was arrested along I-20 in Monroe, Louisiana after Louisiana State Police Troopers found 40 pounds of Marijuana and a large stack of cash in the vehicle. According to arrest reports, a Louisiana State Police Trooper was patrolling along I-20 between the Garrett ... Read More

Florida Supreme Court gets another dose of medical marijuana

MMP News AuthorOctober 9, 2020

In a case that could have a dramatic impact on the state’s pot industry, the Florida Supreme Court made the unusual move Wednesday of hearing a second round of arguments in a challenge to a state law aimed at implementing a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. Tampa-based Florigrown ... Read More