Where Can I Find Medical Marijuana in Florida?

Florida issues licenses for companies to grow, process and sell medical marijuana. Each dispensary is registered with the state and has access to the state database. When you go to the dispensary to buy your medical marijuana products, the dispensary can verify your registration in the program and access your doctor’s recommendations.

To buy medical marijuana in Florida, you have to be a Florida resident and a registered medical marijuana patient. You can start the process by checking your eligibility with our online application. It only takes a few minutes and it’s free. If you qualify, we can help you connect with a marijuana doctor and get a recommendation for cannabis treatments.

Registered medical marijuana patients in Florida can take their cannabis recommendation to a licensed dispensary. The dispensary staff will teach you about their product line and help you select the items that are right for you. Dispensary pharmacists and other staff members are usually quite knowledgeable about the medical application of marijuana products.

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Florida

The licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in Florida are located in counties throughout the state to make it easy for patients to access the medicine they need. They divided the state into five regions and began by licensing at least one dispensary in each region. The regions cover the panhandle, the northeastern part of the state, the central region and along the east coast, the south-central region and along the Gulf coast, and the southern region along the east coast.

So far, and there are currently dispensaries located in six counties distributed throughout the five regions:

• Gadsden
• Alachua
• Orange
• Polk
• Hillsborough
• Miami-Dade
• Alachua County has two dispensaries on either end of the county

The dispensing organizations are headquartered in Clearwater, Miami, Pensacola, Tallahassee and Tampa. They are authorized to deliver medical marijuana products.

For medical marijuana patients in Florida, there is access to the healing benefits of cannabis around the state. To see if you qualify for medical marijuana, use our online application. It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes to complete.

Dr. Jack Rothman

Dr. Rothman is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  He has received multiple special awards and recognitions, including Physician of the Year, from the Pinellas County Medical Association (2014 – 2015) and the President’s Service Award from the Pinellas County Medical Society.

He attended medical school at State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, where he also completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency. In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Rothman’s professional career includes being an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida and Clinical Instructor at the University of Tampa’s College of Nursing.

Dr. Rothman received his Florida Medical Marijuana Physicians Certification in 2016 and was one of the first recommending physicians through DocMJ in the state and is loved by many of those early patients today.