Whitey Ford
06-28-2023, 02:46 PM
Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Issuing Medical Marijuana Licenses To Black Farmers & Telehealth Renewals For Patients
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When Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2016 legalizing medical marijuana, the law included a provision requiring health officials to issue a license to a Black farmer who was part of a class-action lawsuit over lending discrimination by the federal government, known as the “Pigford” litigation, which is a settlement with the Department of Agriculture that prohibits government discrimination against minority farmers.
Nevertheless, when Florida first launched its licensing program, none of the first dispensaries were minority-owned. It wasn’t until this past September that a Black farmer, Terry Gwinn, was issued a license. Now pushing 70, Gwinn and his brother Clifford have grown vegetables on his 1,137-acre farm for more than 40 years.
Nigger Roz McCarthy, director of Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) in Orlando says all applicants face enormous financial hurdles such as an application fee that can cost nearly $150,000.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/ron-desantis-signs-bill-issuing-medical-marijuana-licenses-to-black-farmers-telehealth-renewals-for-patients/ar-AA1d8bwV?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6df392296eef4dafa9d437c5e2f381f1&ei=31
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When Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2016 legalizing medical marijuana, the law included a provision requiring health officials to issue a license to a Black farmer who was part of a class-action lawsuit over lending discrimination by the federal government, known as the “Pigford” litigation, which is a settlement with the Department of Agriculture that prohibits government discrimination against minority farmers.
Nevertheless, when Florida first launched its licensing program, none of the first dispensaries were minority-owned. It wasn’t until this past September that a Black farmer, Terry Gwinn, was issued a license. Now pushing 70, Gwinn and his brother Clifford have grown vegetables on his 1,137-acre farm for more than 40 years.
Nigger Roz McCarthy, director of Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) in Orlando says all applicants face enormous financial hurdles such as an application fee that can cost nearly $150,000.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/ron-desantis-signs-bill-issuing-medical-marijuana-licenses-to-black-farmers-telehealth-renewals-for-patients/ar-AA1d8bwV?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6df392296eef4dafa9d437c5e2f381f1&ei=31