FACA Medical Marijuana Task Force

TASK FORCE CHARGE

The FACA President created the FACA Medical Marijuana Task Force as result of Amendment 2 passing in the 2016 General Election. The primary purpose of the Task Force is to research and analyze various issues related to regulating medical marijuana. For more information, please click HERE.

County-by-County List of Ordinances Adopted

Medical Marijuana Implementation Survey, March 2018

REGULATION BY THE FLORIDA BAR

For questions regarding regulation by The Florida Bar, please see:

https://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNJournal01.nsf/
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Discipline question is addressed toward the end in this paragraph:

• Can I Be Disciplined? — Noncompliance with Rule 4-1.2(d) remains an ethical violation, even though The Florida Bar Board of Governors has said that it will not impose discipline for providing advice and assistance to legal marijuana businesses. Many Florida lawyers are admitted to practice in other states or federal jurisdictions in which they could still be subject to discipline. For example, the rules of the 11th Circuit and each of the federal district courts for Florida discipline lawyers for violating the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct.45 None of these courts has adopted the Board of Governors’ policy relating to legal marijuana businesses. As such, a Florida lawyer can still be disciplined for representing legal marijuana businesses.

The “policy” being referenced in this paragraph is explained here:

https://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/jnnews01.nsf/
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