PALATKA, Fla. – Leaders at the 5th largest dispensary in the state, which has a massive grow operation inside an old furniture warehouse in Palatka, said the company is ready to expand and meet consumer demand if Florida voters choose to approve a constitutional amendment later this year to legalize the drug for recreational use.
“Currently the total facility is about 500,000 total square feet. But we’ve only to date remodeled and made useful about 75,000 feet of it. We have a long way to go,” said Tom Grebenstein, Market Leader at Green Dragon Florida.
On Thursday, News4JAX got a behind-the-scenes look at the Colorado-based company’s facility where it is cultivating and processing medical marijuana.
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In one 10,000-square-foot room in the facility, the company said it is growing about 9,000 plants. Green Dragon Florida leaders said if Florida passes a law that would make the use of marijuana legal for people over 21 in November, it would need about 18 more sections to keep up with the demand.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday he’s against a proposed constitutional amendment that would make recreational marijuana legal in Florida. One of the main reasons he’s
