4 April 18-24, 2024 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | news | letters | coNteNts | MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | ▼ SOUTH FLORIDA BAKED IN WEED DISPENSARIES THAT DELIVER. BY ALEX DELUCA I t’s 2024 — which means you can have almost anything delivered in short or- der: a new car, live ladybugs, Japanese candy, and yes, even some good ol’ ganja. As Florida’s lucrative medical cannabis market continues to grow, so does the number of companies that deliver weed. Gone are the days of sitting around dispensary waiting rooms and awkwardly chatting up budtenders. If you’re one of the more than 800,000 Floridians with a medical marijuana card, you can have someone bring cannabis prod- ucts straight to your doorstep for a small fee, and in some instances, for free. Competition is fierce in the Sunshine State’s marijuana market, and retailers are willing to travel far and wide to earn your devotion as a customer. For 4/20 and every other day of the year, here’s an alphabetical list of dispensaries that deliver the fire in South Florida: Curaleaf Curaleaf, the state’s second-largest cannabis producer by volume of THC sold, offers de- livery in South Florida from its South Beach, South Miami-Dade, Deerfield Beach, and West Palm Beach stores. The minimum for delivery orders is $50. Delivery costs $20 but is free for orders of $75 and up. curaleaf.com. The Flowery The Flowery, a family-founded dispensary based in Homestead, offers next-day delivery across the Miami metro area. The delivery fee is $15, but free for orders of at least $100. The Flowery tells customers, “Be sure to place your order by 4:20 p.m. the night before to ensure next-day delivery.” theflowery.co. GoldFlower Cannabis Pledging to use a natural grow process and no synthetic pesticides, GoldFlower is a rela- tively small cannabis operation based out of Florida’s Gulf Coast. The company offers de- livery in South Florida in Palm Beach, Bro- ward, and Miami-Dade counties. Same-day delivery is available for orders placed before 2 p.m. The company has plans to open retail lo- cations in South Florida but currently offers only delivery in the area. goldflowerfl.com. GrowHealthy GrowHealthy offers delivery from its Deer- field Beach hub, with service throughout South Florida. Delivery carries a $25 fee but is free on orders over $75. The company says it’s “obsessed” with bringing customers the “purest, most high-quality cannabis prod- ucts” around, “coupled with world-class cus- tomer service and convenient home delivery.” growhealthy.com. Müv Most of Müv’s more than 70 statewide loca- tions offer delivery, including several in South Florida. Delivery orders under $100 have a $20 delivery fee. Müv touts the quality of its cannabis in its company profile, saying its cul- tivation team is “handpicked from a select group of accomplished horticulturists and scientists.” muvfl.com. Rise Rise, a medical marijuana provider with four South Florida dispensaries stretching from West Palm Beach to Kendall, offers South Florida free delivery on orders of at least $50. “Calling all introverts!” Rise declares. “No need to leave the house. Let us deliver to you with same-day delivery.” risecannabis.com. Sunburn Sunburn, formerly known as MedMen, deliv- ers to locations across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties. The delivery fee is $25, but Sunburn offers free delivery for or- ders with a minimum $49 total. The company says it will “prioritize timeliness and ensure that your order is promptly processed and dispatched.” sunburncannabis.com. Sunnyside Sunnyside offers cannabis delivery in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties via hubs in Boynton Beach and North Miami. Delivery fees are waived on orders of $100 or more. sunnyside.shop. Surterra Wellness Surterra, the fifth-largest cannabis operator in Florida by number of stores, offers delivery in South Florida in the vicinity of its stores in Boynton Beach, Miami, Key West, Deerfield Beach, Dadeland, and North Palm Beach. De- livery costs $25, but the fee is waived once your order hits the $150 mark. surterra.com. Trulieve Trulieve, Florida’s largest cannabis com- pany, offers delivery across South Florida — “every zip code,” per Trulieve’s marketing materials. The delivery fee is $15. Call or visit the company’s website to place your or- der. trulieve.com. | RIPTIDE | GET MORE NEWS & COMMENTARY AT MIAMINEWTIMES.COM/NEWS Why get off the couch when marijuana dispensaries deliver? Photo by Alex Potemkin/Getty Images ▼ FLORIDA HALT ON HEMP? BILL BANNING DELTA-8 THC LANDS ON DESANTIS’ DESK. BY ALEX DELUCA A Florida bill that would effectively ban hemp-derived products including Delta-8 THC has landed on the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Passed by the state legislature earlier this year, Senate Bill 1698 would prohibit stores from selling Delta-8 products such as gummies, tinc- tures, and vapes, by changing the legal definition of “hemp extract” to exclude the psychoactive substance. Although it’s banned in more than a dozen states across the U.S., the unregulated product (also known as “marijuana’s weaker cousin,” or “weed lite”) has become an increas- ingly popular item at local gas stations, conve- nience stores, and smoke shops. If DeSantis signs off, the new law will take ef- fect on October 1 and add Florida to a list of more than a dozen U.S. states to ban the sale of Delta-8 THC. Introduced in January by Republican Sen. Colleen Burton of Lakeland, the bill also bans hemp-derived cannabinoids such as HHC, Delta-10 THC, THC-O, THCP, and THCV, imposes a minimum age of 21 to purchase hemp extracts, and bars the sale of products that could be confused with normal food items like snacks or candy. The bill has been decried by Floridians who use the products for chronic illnesses, as well as by critics who say the wide-ranging legislation has the potential to destroy the state’s booming hemp market. Burton insists the law is needed to protect Floridians’ safety. “The concerns we have had over the poten- tial misuses of this product I believe has ex- ceeded our expectations,” she said on the senate floor when the bill came up for consid- eration. “So that’s why we have this bill today — to continue the protections that we started last session.” Cannabis plants contain more than one THC compound: Delta-9 THC, which is the one that gets you high, and Delta-8 THC, which teeters just on the legal side of the 0.3 percent concen- tration threshold, making it not nearly as psychoactive as Delta-9, yet capable of providing similar effects. Because Delta-8 isn’t considered mari- juana, the trendy cannabinoid has remained in a murky legal area and risen in popularity among stores that aren’t authorized to sell legal mari- juana and people who aren’t authorized to buy it. A recent American Medical Association sur- vey of more than 2,000 high school seniors na- tionwide found that more than 11 percent had used Delta-8 THC in the past year. Burton also sponsored a 2023 law that in- cluded limits on hemp products. But in response to pushback from the hemp industry and other critics, it was limited to prohibiting the sale of Delta-8 products to people under the age of 21, as well as marketing or packaging that targeted or attracted children. (The 2024 bill includes ad- ditional provisions aimed at making hemp items “less attractive” to children.) When the 2023 bill was introduced, local smoke shop owners expressed concern. “This will be absolutely devastating to the en- tire industry,” Bjorn Johansen, the owner of Va- porFi in Miramar told New Times. “The limitations that they’re proposing in this bill will basically clean out our shelves.” [email protected] THE UNREGULATED PRODUCT HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR ITEM AT LOCAL GAS STATIONS, CONVENIENCE STORES, AND SMOKE SHOPS.
