For all legal medical cannabis patients and caregivers, the state requires you renew your Patient/Caregiver ID Card with the Department of Health annually. Your card is valid for one year from date of initial approval. This expiration date is stamped under your address and date of birth on your card. The state recommends you begin […]
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November 17, 2017Recipes
Note: The following recipe includes the infusion of legal cannabis products. These items may only be created and consumed by a legal patient using the legally purchased products they procured from legal MMTC’s in Florida. Please remember edible cannabis has a different effect than other methods of administration. You should always start low and go slow […]
August 31, 2017Press Releases
Since seeing our first patients on January 3, we have become the leading practice of cannabis medicine in the state. By putting our patients first, believing wholeheartedly in the medicinal benefits of cannabis, and helping scores of patients obtain a better sense of wellness we have already achieved much more than I ever would have […]
August 5, 2017Patient Data
In an effort to track patient progress and identify potential treatment issues, at the beginning of the month we send out a survey to patients who are active within our practice. Each full survey is added to the patient’s chart and should we find irregularities we will contact the patient and try to address any […]
July 7, 2017Patient Data
As responsible clinicians, we have a practical obligation to collect and analyze therapeutic data from our patient base. This data helps us provide a better and more individualized treatment plan for our patients, and also lets us see data from an aggregate view so we can gauge results of a group as a whole. Each […]
June 14, 2017From The Director
The Chron’s Charity Service Foundation of Naples launched a new patient-centric magazine specifically focused on cannabis called Indo Wellness. The following in-depth profile of Dr. Gordon was written by Victor Espinosa and is reprinted with permission. Dr. Barry Gordon of Venice, Florida is blessed with both knowledge and experience when it comes to emergency medicine. He […]
June 7, 2017From The Director
Today a 72 hour special session begins at the state capitol in Tallahassee. While arguably the hottest button issue in the state since November has been cannabis, that topic likely will not be addressed during the three day marathon of the Florida House and Senate, though Senator Rob Bradley announced his intention late this morning […]
May 8, 2017From The Director
In the 72 hours that have elapsed after the Florida Legislature relegated CS/CS/HB 1397 to the graveyard, much as occurred. Stories of Capital intrigue have abounded, complete with what Sunshine State News has called a “very public breakup” of attorney John Morgan and activist Ben Pollara. The “circle of finger pointing” is in full swing. […]
Tonight the Florida Senate adjourned, and with them left any hopes of the passage of legislation that would have created the most restricted medical marijuana program in the United States. CS/CS/HB 1397 would have mandated women submit to pregnancy tests, DOH inspection of medical records, and a governmental overreach into the doctor/patient relationship with the […]
Yesterday, May 2nd, the Florida House of Representatives advanced HB1397. Panned by patient advocates nationwide, this proposed legislation thwarts the will of the people by creating layers of bureaucratic oversight of the mandated expansion of the state’s medical cannabis program. Nine representatives voted “no” on the measure, but one dissenting vote was curious. Representative Julio […]
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