Smart & Safe Florida has since filed for a new ballot amendment as it sets its sights on the midterm elections in 2026.

SB 334, filed by Sen. Joe Gruters of Sarasota, would give patients the right to grow two pot plants at home for personal consumption. It also contemplated changes to the hemp market, but the sponsor withdrew the bill, telling POLITICO Florida Playbook the bill would come back as strictly a home grow measure.

A group called Smart and Safe Florida is working to get recreational marijuana back on the ballot in the 2026 general election.

Recreational marijuana may be making its way back to Florida voters in 2026, following a near-miss in 2024. The push to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and over in the state is gaining momentum, but there are several hurdles before it can become law.

Hickox is accused of working with former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Joshua Earrey to steal heroin, cocaine, marijuana and fentanyl, then sell the illicit drugs for a profit.

A Florida woman who was pulled over for speeding admitted to having a baggie of marijuana inside her body, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

Drugs, drinking and kids playing with guns all allegedly happened under the watch of a local elementary school principal, according to police.

Deputies from Hardee County and personnel with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement uncovered 194 marijuana plants and 100 pounds of marijuana shake, which is the small leaves, stems and buds that fall off. It can still contain THC and other cannabinoids, making it valuable on the illegal market, according to a Facebook post by deputies.

Deputies said they have arrested a former Florida Gators defensive end and ex-NFL player on charges involving drugs and weapons.

Green Thumb Industries, which wants to sell cannabis next to convenience stores in Florida, has filed an appeal after an administrative law judge ruled against it, siding with state health regulators.

The main supplier of a fentanyl trafficking organization was among several arrested after a wild police chase ended with a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office K-9 and others injured Thursday night.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — An 18-year-old suspect was arrested on various charges after investigators say they seized over a pound of a cocaine-fentanyl mixture and other drugs at an Evansville apartment.