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Lyneisha Watson
Lyneisha Watson
Lyneisha Watson is a Florida-based journalist who has covered cannabis for HighTimes, Miss Grass, The Emerald Magazine, and Farmer and the Felon. Her writing has also appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, Blavity, and Black Girl in Om.

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  • In 2017, Florida promised to give one Black farmer a license to cultivate medical cannabis. The rule was meant to help rectify decades of racial discrimination in the state’s agriculture industry. Now, 25-year operator Terry Donnell Gwinn (left) and his brother, Clifford (right), are about to make history by claiming their long awaited license. (Photo credit: Suwannee County Economic Development Office)

    Gwinn brothers become Florida’s first Black medical cannabis licensees

    Lyneisha Watson - Published on October 3, 2022

    The Gwinn brothers were born and raised on Florida farms. They’re now the first Black farmers in the state licensed to grow medical cannabis.

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  • Miami skyline (AdobeStock)

    Miami finally approves first medical cannabis dispensary

    Lyneisha Watson - Published on May 18, 2022

    Los Angeles investors can open up shop after City officials end their years-long silent ban on medical marijuana providers

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  • woman in black t shirt in greenhouse grow with plants in the foreground

    Medical marijuana patient gun rights lawsuit filed against Biden Administration

    Lyneisha Watson - Published on April 21, 2022

    Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried sues the Biden Administration.

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