Florida for Care is a 501C(4) Not for profit organization founded by United For Care's 2014 and 2016 Team's to make sure that after Amendment 2 passed Florida Physicians would have what they need and patients could get the access they voted for. Year after year, we have continued to push. See a summary below and more on our website.
Why should you care about FFC?
Here is our resume:
Amendment 2 Passed in November 2016, meaning 2017 is when the patient numbers really began and then you can see how they increased as flower and other products became allowed
FFC's TEAM TIMELINE
2013-2016 - FFC Leadership gathered around 1 million signatures 2X from Florida voters To PASS SUPREME COURT REVIEW &
MAKE THE BALLOT, FFC gathered 50-100K followers on Social Media and Emails during the campaigns
2016 UFC Leadership Ran a statewide Campaign Passing with 71% the highest vote of any MMJ campaign & We Passed Florida’s Medical Marijuana Amendment and Many joined FFC to work for Patients Physicians in implementation
2017 - 90 Day doctor relationship, 8 Hr vs 2 Hr Course, Slow ID Card System, FFC Sues over Flower ban, informs the public & hosts events. Started w/ barely 1,000 Patients & few physicians
2018 – implementation of SB-8A Rules, HB 6049 passed to fix Black Farmers Lawsuit. whole flower
pods, ID Card processing time Reduced. FFC continues lawsuit vs. State of Florida over ban on
smokable whole flower
2018 - Push for registry changes, automatic updates, more then two types of cannabis, last rule implementations, partnering with cannabis groups to educate, let people know where to signup and how. 25 dispensing became 86 Dispensing Locations statewide
Jan 2018 883 Physicians 67,000 patients 20 Days of application processing time
Dec 2018 1900+ Physicians 167,211 Patients 5 Days of Application processing Time
2019 -2020 We win our court case for FLower! We pass the bill allowing smokable flower, as a Governor's priority. We then educated with research and informative discussions with Doctors against a Proposed 10% THC Cap after Tallahassee invited Bertha Madras and Alex Berenson to speak against medical cannabis and in favor of THC Limits the week after our Flower bill passed. Rules for this as well as Edible and Testing rules were finalized.
2019- Dec '19 299K Patients and 2600+ Doctors
2020- 450,000+ Patients, 2,733 Doctors
2021-2022 Continued to educate on THC Limits, while also educating on new dosage limits, exemptions, and new OMMU rules as bills were filed or amended to try to get thus. Florida got temporary Telehealth for RECERTIFICATIONS ONLY as emergency (COVID) order. These rules were then removed and doctors were no longer allowed to do this. Held "Doc Talks" in Tallahassee and helped doctors wanting to speak up get their voice heard with FFC Legislative Committee and the FLMMPG.
2023 Educated to get a telehealth RECERTIFICATION bill passed HB 387 , used Florida for Care's Physician Legislative Committee and the Florida Medical Marijuana Physician's Group to further educate and passed
Sept 2023 2600+ Physicians, 800,000+ Patients, Same Day Card
FFC's Senior Staff have longstanding relationships with some of the best physicians, patients and have gotten them better organized and motivated to accomplish more
• FFC represents the 5+ Million Floridians that voted Yes for this!
• FFC represents over 800,000 Current Florida Patients and 2,000+ Physicians Recommending This
• FFC fought for whole flower for three years in court, and two more on THC Limits
• FFC Sued the State 2016-2019 for whole smokable flower, until that law was passed
• FFC fought Just 1 Week Later AFTER WINNING, a THEN proposed flower THC cap at 10% was introduced, we messaged and did calls to action
since
• FFC has been participating the Pattern Review Panels, Research, Committees, Delegations, Rulemaking & calls to action since 2016 and in invited to speak from Tallahassee through Miami
