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Acquiring a medical marijuana license and securing dispensary locations is expensive. Hemp retailers can set up shop faster and cheaper.

THC-infused beverages can be sold in places like convenience and grocery stores. The drinks can also be purchased online.

The hemp plant can produce Delta 8 and 10, cannabinoids that have similar intoxicating effects to THC in marijuana.

It was a victory for potential pot competitors. The measure would have restricted the sales and production of euphoria-inducing hemp-based products.

A measure aimed at outlawing intoxicating hemp-based products is ready for Gov. Ron DeSantis, after the House and Senate passed it Wednesday.

The bill would prohibit businesses from manufacturing or selling products that contain more than 0.3 percent delta-9, and it would place limits on other cannabinoids.

Florida’s hemp industry is upset over a legislative plan they say will hurt their business. The measure’s sponsor says the bill is meant to keep companies “in your lane.”

Advocates for North Florida's burgeoning hemp industry say it could be taken to the next level, but it needs a boost. Local growers and processors are grappling with how to raise the profile with suggestions ranging from more grower awareness to the prospect of bringing a new processing plant to the region.

A group servicing Florida's Big Bend is trying to give the region's hemp industry a boost. Their goal is to bring an industrial hemp processing plant to the area.

Within the next few years hemp farming in Florida is projected to grow to about half the size of the state's citrus industry. Much of that growth is driven by CBD production.