Florida governor asks high court to decide cannabis licensing issue

The Florida governor's office, as expected, asked the state Supreme Court to rule on whether the medical cannabis program's vertical integration requirement for MMJ businesses is unconstitutional and should be opened up to new licensing opportunities. The filing comes just days after an appellate court declined to revisit a decision that ruled the state's restrictions are unconstitutional. In that decision, First District Court of Appeal Judge Scott Makar wrote that because the law "so clearly...