Florida prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation, including for registered medical patients. Only state-licensed MMTCs may grow cannabis. Tampa enforces state law; home grows are felony cultivation under FL §893.13.
Florida is one of the strictest medical cannabis states on home cultivation. Even patients on the Medical Marijuana Use Registry under FL §381.986 cannot grow their own plants — all medical product must come from a vertically integrated MMTC. Florida Statute §893.13(1)(a) makes cultivation of any amount a third-degree felony, escalating to first-degree if 25 or more plants are present, with mandatory minimum sentences for 300+ plants. Hemp grown under FL §581.217 (the state hemp program) requires a Department of Agriculture license and cannot exceed 0.3% delta-9 THC. Tampa Police enforce these state rules; no city ordinance softens them. Amendment 3, which would have legalized recreational use, did not include a home-grow allowance and failed in November 2024.
Cultivation under 25 plants is a third-degree felony (up to 5 years prison). 25-plus plants is a first-degree felony with mandatory minimums escalating with plant count.
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