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Only for medical use, with a Florida card. Recreational marijuana is not legal.
Voters approved medical marijuana in 2016 with 71 percent of the vote. In 2024 an amendment to allow recreational use by adults won 55.9 percent, short of the 60 percent a change to the state constitution needs. A new recreational amendment aimed at the November 2026 ballot did not qualify: the state said on February 2, 2026 that it had fallen short of the signatures required, and the Florida Supreme Court dismissed its review two days later. Without a card, having 20 grams or less is a first-degree misdemeanor and more than 20 grams is a felony. With a card, you may buy only from a state-licensed medical marijuana treatment center, and the law still bars using it in any public place, on public transportation, in a car or boat, or on school grounds, and bars smoking it in an enclosed indoor workplace; the one exception in public is low-THC cannabis in a form that is not smoked. Florida does not accept medical cards from other states, and marijuana is still illegal under federal law.
01You need a Florida doctor's certification first, then the state's card. A qualified physician examines you, in person the first time, and if you have a qualifying condition enters a certification in the state's Medical Marijuana Use Registry; later visits may be by telehealth.
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02Only a state-licensed medical marijuana treatment center may sell marijuana in Florida, and only to a patient or caregiver with an active state card; there is no sale to anyone without one.
Read the answer →You need a Florida doctor's certification first, then the state's card. A qualified physician examines you, in person the first time, and if you have a qualifying condition enters a certification in the state's Medical Marijuana Use Registry; later visits may be by telehealth.
Original Medicare comes with you: you can see any doctor or hospital that takes Medicare, anywhere in the U.S., so there is nothing to move.
From SHINE, Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders, a free program of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and the local Area Agencies on Aging.
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