1. Where Sunny Isles fits in Florida’s cannabis map
Sunny Isles Beach is in northeast Miami-Dade County, bordered by Aventura, North Miami Beach and Hallandale Beach. Those neighboring cities host multiple medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs) from brands like Trulieve, Curaleaf, Sunnyside, Fluent, GrowHealthy and others, all within a short drive of Collins Avenue. SITE: Weedmaps
The key thing: purchase and possession limits are set at the state level, so patients in Sunny Isles follow exactly the same rules as patients in Tampa, Orlando or Pensacola.
2. Current medical marijuana purchase limits in Florida
Florida law sets limits in two ways:
- By time window (35-day or 70-day “rolling” periods for purchases); and
- By total amount you can possess at any one time.
These rules are in section 381.986, Florida Statutes, and detailed dosing rules adopted by the Department of Health. READ MORE: Online Sunshine
2.1 Smokable flower limits
- Purchase limit:
- Up to 2.5 ounces of smokable cannabis every 35 days. MORE ABOUT: NORML
- Possession limit:
- No more than 4 ounces of smokable cannabis on you or at home at any time (unless your doctor gets an exception approved). OFFICIAL SITE: Florida House of Representatives
Approximate breakdown for patients near Sunny Isles
Because 2.5 oz is a 35-day cap, it works out to roughly:
- Per day (on average): about 0.07 oz (≈2 grams)
- Per week: about 0.5 oz (≈14 grams)
You don’t have to buy in those exact amounts—the dispensary’s system tracks your rolling 35-day total. Once you hit 2.5 oz, you can’t buy more smokable flower until some of that 35-day window expires or your doctor requests an exception. READ MORE: FLUENT
2.2 Non-smokable products (edibles, vapes, tinctures, topicals)
For everything that isn’t flower, Florida uses THC milligrams instead of weight:
- Daily total THC limit (all routes combined):
- 350 mg THC per day maximum across all approved forms. READ MORE: MMU Florida
- 70-day aggregate limit:
- Up to 24,500 mg THC total over any 70-day period, again across all non-smokable products.
The rules also list per-category limits, for example:
- Edibles:
- 60 mg THC per day; 4,200 mg per 70 days
- Vape / inhalation products:
- 350 mg THC per day; 24,500 mg per 70 days
- Oral (capsules/tinctures):
- 200 mg per day; 14,000 mg per 70 days
- Topicals, suppositories, sublinguals each have their own daily and 70-day caps.
Approximate “month” view
Because the state uses 70-day limits, you can think of it roughly as:
- Per day: capped at 350 mg THC
- Per week: about 2,450 mg THC (350 × 7)
- Per 30-day “month”: about 10,500 mg THC (350 × 30)
Your doctor can write orders below those maxima, and the registry will track your remaining balance as you shop.
2.3 Exceptions to the limits
Qualified physicians can request exceptions when medically appropriate—for example, for patients with severe pain, cancer, or other serious conditions. The Department of Health must approve the request, and exceptions can increase:
- The daily dose limit
- The 35-day smokable supply limit
- The 4-ounce possession cap for smokable cannabis
Most Sunny Isles-area dispensaries will tell you at checkout if you’re close to your limit or if an exception appears in your profile.
3. What about recreational adult-use in Florida?
3.1 Where things stand now
As of late 2025, Florida has not legalized adult-use (recreational) cannabis.
A high-profile adult-use amendment (Amendment 3, “Adult Personal Use of Marijuana”) appeared on the November 2024 ballot but failed to reach the required 60% supermajority despite getting about 56% support. READ MORE: Reuters
So today:
- Only registered medical patients can buy legally in Sunny Isles and the rest of Florida.
- Possession without a card remains illegal under state law, subject to criminal penalties depending on amount.
Advocacy group Smart & Safe Florida has already launched a new push for a similar amendment on a future ballot (currently targeting 2026). READ MORE ABOUT: Cannabis Business Times
3.2 The most likely future model: Amendment 3’s limits
While we can’t predict exactly what will pass in the future, the best guide to likely adult-use limits is the text of the 2024/2026-style amendment itself.
The proposed Amendment 3 would have allowed:
- Adults 21+ to possess cannabis for personal use
- Up to 3 ounces (≈85 grams) of cannabis in total
- Of that, no more than 5 grams could be in the form of concentrate (e.g., wax, shatter, distillate)
The proposal did not spell out detailed daily/weekly purchase caps like the medical program; it focused on possession limits. Lawmakers and regulators would later set precise retail purchase rules—often tied roughly to the same 3-ounce/5-gram possession cap.
If a similar amendment eventually passes, it’s reasonable to expect something close to:
- Possession: up to 3 ounces total, with up to 5 grams of concentrates
- Purchases: likely structured so an adult cannot legally buy more than that amount within a given time window from licensed stores
But until voters actually approve an amendment and the legislature writes implementing statutes, there is no guaranteed number.
4. Key takeaways for Sunny Isles patients (and future adult-use consumers)
- Medical patients today in Sunny Isles / Miami-Dade:
- Up to 2.5 oz flower every 35 days; 4 oz max on hand
- Non-smokables: up to 350 mg THC/day, 24,500 mg per 70 days total
- All limits are tracked in the state registry and enforced at MMTCs.
- Adult-use (recreational) future scenario:
- Current law: no legal adult-use sales or possession.
- Most recent proposal (Amendment 3) would have allowed 3 oz total, 5 g concentrates for adults 21+, with sales through existing MMTCs and other licensed entities.
- That amendment failed in 2024, but similar language is likely to reappear in future ballot attempts.
- Local vs. state rules:
- Sunny Isles itself can control zoning and where dispensaries sit, but it cannot change state-level purchase and possession limits. Those rules will be identical whether you shop in North Miami, Aventura, Hallandale Beach, or anywhere else in Florida.
5. Practical tips
- Check your registry balance. Most MMTCs around Sunny Isles show your remaining flower and THC balance at checkout or through their apps.
- Talk to your doctor about exceptions if your prescribed regimen pushes against the standard limits.
- Watch upcoming ballot initiatives. For anyone planning ahead for adult-use in Sunny Isles, following Smart & Safe Florida and official state election resources will give the best early look at whatever possession limits appear on the next ballot. MORE ABOUT: Smart & Safe Florida
- MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICAL AND ADULT-USE CANNABIS HERE: Visit Florida Dispensaries