Gardening may look like a hobby, but research increasingly suggests that it can be much more than that. Studies of gardening and horticultural activities have found associations with improved psychological well-being and quality of life, as well as reductions in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Todd — my ride-or-die — and I rolled in to table for the FLCAN armed with flyers, passion, and one extremely strategic hemp T-shirt. It was a beauty, too: soft hemp with a breezy Jimmy Buffett vibe, the kind of shirt that says “I care about sensible drug laws AND I know where the good key lime pie is.”
Most of us don’t think of gardening as therapy.Gardening also gets the body moving without necessarily feeling like exercise. There is also something different about gardening mentally. When you are working with plants, your attention shifts away from whatever has been running through your head all day.
Florida has voted on cannabis not once, not twice, but three times! Three votes. A decade of consistency. One message: legalize cannabis. Candidates for Florida’s top office support the status quo, but not the will of the people!
Advocacy and patient freedom have never been more critical than they are today. As FLCAN, we are no longer asking to be heard—we are being consulted. As we head into 2026, our priorities are clear—protect state programs, expand patient access, ensure affordable medicine, and resist federal inconsistency that threatens small businesses and vulnerable communities.
Based upon the preponderance of the evidence, we have concluded the Cannabis plant, the seeds thereof, and Cannabis products using Indigenous extraction methods should be fully decontrolled.
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