About FloridaMJ

Our mission

FloridaMJ exists to give Floridians a single, trustworthy place to find accurate information about cannabis in their state. That sounds simple, but it is uncommon in this industry. Most cannabis websites that rank in Google search results are built either by the operators themselves, by affiliate marketers chasing referral revenue, or by national publications that treat Florida as a footnote. The result, for the average reader, is a landscape where the basic facts — what is legal, where to buy, how to qualify, what a card actually costs — are surprisingly hard to pin down without wading through advertising. FloridaMJ was built to be the boring, accurate reference work that Florida cannabis has been missing.

The site does two things. First, it maintains a directory of every state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) dispensing location, every meaningful smoke shop and hemp retailer, and every CBD storefront in Florida — over a thousand locations across all 67 counties. Second, it publishes a long-form editorial library that explains Florida cannabis law in plain English, anchored to primary sources and updated on a quarterly cadence and on every legislative session.

Editorial team and Compliance Desk

FloridaMJ uses an editorial pen-name model. We do not publish under individual author names for two reasons. First, our editorial team includes contributors with backgrounds across cannabis policy, retail operations, and consumer-protection journalism, and most articles are the product of more than one contributor. Second, in a category that touches federal Schedule I exposure, professional licensure, and employment law, attaching individual names to factual statutory work creates a chilling effect that does not improve accuracy. Naming the team and the Compliance Desk — both of which carry institutional accountability for what gets published — is a more honest representation of how the work actually gets made.

The FloridaMJ Editorial Team researches and drafts every page on the site. The FloridaMJ Compliance Desk reviews every page against current Florida Statutes (primarily Chapter 381.986^[1] and Chapter 893.13), the Florida Administrative Code Rule 64ER^[5], the Office of Medical Marijuana Use's published guidance^[2], and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' State Hemp Program rules^[4]. Nothing publishes without Compliance Desk sign-off, and the desk re-reviews active pages on a quarterly cadence and after every legislative session.

Sourcing standards

Every legal claim on FloridaMJ is sourced to a primary government document — a Florida Statute, an OMMU or FDACS publication, a Florida Administrative Code rule, a published court ruling, or a Florida Division of Elections record^[6]. Medical and pharmacological claims are sourced to peer-reviewed scientific literature, the National Library of Medicine, or NIH-published material. We do not cite secondary blogs, anonymous Reddit threads, or operator-published marketing copy as authority for a factual claim. When we link to a secondary source — for example, a news organization's coverage of a particular MMTC's expansion — we do so as illustration, not as authority, and the underlying statutory or regulatory anchor remains the primary cite.

Outbound links to government and academic sources use rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow". We deliberately avoid passing search-ranking signal to the .gov sources we cite — they don't need it, and the convention keeps our outbound link profile clean.

How directory listings are verified

Every dispensary listing in the FloridaMJ directory begins as a record in the OMMU's official MMTC dispensing-locations registry^[3]. We pull the registry on a recurring schedule, reconcile against our existing records, and verify each new or changed listing for: (1) the operating MMTC license and the parent operator entity; (2) the physical street address, geocoded against the U.S. Census Bureau's address database; (3) the published hours of operation, verified against the operator's own website; (4) the product categories actually carried at that location, verified against the operator's online menu where one is published; and (5) accessibility, parking, and on-site/curbside pickup status where available.

Smoke shops, hemp retailers, and CBD stores are verified through a different process because there is no equivalent state registry. We use a combination of FDACS hemp food-establishment records, county business-tax-receipt databases, and direct outreach to confirm that a location is operating and is in fact selling the product categories we list. We do not list locations that are unlicensed, that have failed FDACS inspections, or that have outstanding consumer-protection complaints.

Editorial independence and advertising disclosure

Basic directory inclusion on FloridaMJ is free for every state-licensed Florida cannabis operator and every properly registered hemp retailer. We do not charge for inclusion and we do not threaten to remove listings to coerce advertising buys. Operators may purchase clearly disclosed premium placements — featured cards in directory grids, sponsored hero modules on category pages, and sponsored editorial placements that are visibly labeled as sponsored. Premium placements affect visibility; they do not affect the underlying factual content of a listing or any editorial statute coverage.

Editorial coverage is independent of advertising. Operators that purchase premium placements do not receive advance review of editorial content that mentions them, do not receive favorable treatment in statute coverage or consumer guides, and do not have any influence over the FAQs or the issues we cover. Operators that do not buy premium placements are not penalized in editorial coverage. The Compliance Desk operates as a standing firewall between the editorial library and the advertising program, and the Desk's sign-off is independent of any commercial relationship.

Corrections policy

We get things wrong. When we do, we want to know quickly and we want to fix it visibly. To request a correction, email corrections@floridamj.com (or use the address listed on the Contact page) with the page URL and a description of the issue. The Compliance Desk reviews every correction request within five business days. If the request identifies a factual error, we publish a correction note on the page indicating what changed and when, and we update the "Updated" date on the page header. If the request reflects a difference of interpretation rather than a factual error, we reply with the source authority for the original statement.

We log correction requests internally and use them to identify recurring sources of confusion, which often translates into a new FAQ or a new clarifying section on the affected page.

What FloridaMJ is not

FloridaMJ is not a dispensary, a delivery service, or a marketplace. We do not sell cannabis, hemp, or any regulated product, and we do not facilitate sales. All purchases must be conducted directly with the state-licensed retailer. FloridaMJ is not a law firm. The editorial library is a reference for general public education and is not legal advice for any specific situation. FloridaMJ is not a medical practice. References to medical conditions, dosing, or therapeutic effects are general information, not medical advice. Patients should consult a qualified physician.

For business inquiries, partnership requests, listing corrections, or media questions, the appropriate contact address is hello@orlandomj.com.