Carlos J. Vidal-Collazo

Carlos J. Vidal-Collazo is a cannabis and marijuana law attorney based in DeLand, Florida. Admitted 14 years ago, Vidal-Collazo studied law at University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras. Alongside cannabis matters, Vidal-Collazo handles juvenile defense, including the collateral school consequences of a drug charge, drug charges ranging from simple possession through cultivation and distribution and impaired-driving cases, where cannabis testing does not establish impairment the way a breath test does for alcohol.

Cannabis in Florida is lawful only through the state medical program, so a cannabis practice there tends to combine program compliance for operators and patients with defense of the possession and distribution charges that still apply to everyone else. Oversight sits with the Office of Medical Marijuana Use. Florida is a vertically integrated medical market with a limited number of treatment centre licenses, which keeps competition for licenses intense.