2 rules for unincorporated Okaloosa County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Growing cannabis at home is a felony in Okaloosa County. Florida allows medical marijuana only through state-licensed dispensaries and permits no home grow, even for registered patients. Cultivating cannabis is manufacturing a controlled substance under Fla. Stat. §893.13, a felony offense.
Fla. Stat. §893.13(1)(a)
Except as authorized by this chapter and chapter 499, a person may not sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, a controlled substance.
Okaloosa County decides whether medical marijuana dispensaries open within its borders. Fla. Stat. §381.986 lets a county or city ban dispensing facilities outright, but a local government that allows them may not cap their number or zone them more strictly than pharmacies.
Fla. Stat. §381.986(11)
A county or municipality may, by ordinance, ban medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities from being located within the boundaries of that county or municipality.
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