Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Issuing Medical Marijuana Licenses To Black Farmers & Telehealth Renewals For Patients
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.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...e2f381f1&ei=31Nigger 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.