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Nikki Fried’s personal, financial connections to cannabis complicate her campaign for governor
In January 2019, just as Nikki Fried took office as Florida’s new agriculture commissioner promising to expand access to marijuana and...
Jun 11, 20212 min read
Orlando doctor pressed marijuana company seeking business in Florida to give $10K to Gaetz campaign
An Orlando medical marijuana entrepreneur arranged access to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz for the top executive at a cannabis-industry company...
May 27, 20211 min read
Matt Gaetz helped set off Florida’s marijuana ‘green rush.’ Some of his friends, allies scored big
Less than 24 hours before the Florida Legislature passed the state’s first medical marijuana law in May 2014, Matt Gaetz and other...
May 6, 20212 min read
How medical marijuana, powerful allies fueled rise of Orlando doctor embroiled in Gaetz sex scandal
In May 2014, just before the Florida Legislature passed the state’s first medical marijuana law, then-state House Reps. Matt Gaetz and...
Apr 16, 20211 min read
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