Florida law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis even for medical patients. Under FL §381.986, only licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may cultivate cannabis. Orlando residents who grow plants face state felony charges regardless of medical card status.
Florida is one of the few medical-cannabis states banning patient cultivation. FL §381.986 creates a closed vertical-integration system where only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs) may grow, process, and dispense. Possession of any live cannabis plant in Orlando is prosecuted under FL §893.13 as cultivation, a third-degree felony for under 25 plants and second-degree felony at 25 or more, with mandatory minimums for trafficking weights. Recreational adult-use cultivation is also prohibited after Amendment 3 failed in November 2024 with 56% support, short of the 60% supermajority required. Orlando Police and Orange County Sheriff enforce state law; the city has no diversion ordinance.
Cultivating any cannabis plant, including for personal medical use, is a third-degree felony under FL §893.13 punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine, escalating with plant count.
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