TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians critical of the state’s implementation of medical cannabis applauded a circuit court ruling Wednesday that allows a Tampa man to grow his own plants. Leon County Judge Karen Gievers said that Joseph Redner is entitled …
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One Year Later, Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program is Still a Work in Progress
Almost a year later, however, Florida’s medical marijuana program is still a work in progress, and patients and potential business entrants still await greater expansion to the medical marijuana market. Senate Bill 8A provided for an additional 10 vertical licenses …
Read More »1 Year Later, Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program is Still a Work in Progress
Almost a year later, however, Florida’s medical marijuana program is still a work in progress, and patients and potential business entrants still await greater expansion to the medical marijuana market. Senate Bill 8A provided for an additional 10 vertical licenses …
Read More »NOT REAL NEWS: Recreational Marijuana Isn’t Legal in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Recreational marijuana isn’t legal in Florida, despite a widely shared online report that the Legislature had passed a measure legalizing use. The website yourdailyideas, in a story dated from Orlando, Florida, reported lawmakers had agreed on …
Read More »Former NFL star Ricky Williams introduces his own marijuana brand
Ricky Williams will now be known as a legal cannabis businessman as well as one of football’s most storied running backs. The former Heisman trophy winner and 10-year NFL veteran has launched his personal brand of marijuana products, reports the …
Read More »Need to Know: DACA’s Future, Sessions vs. the Sanctuary State, and Why It’s High Time to Abolish ICE – News
In September 2017, Trump unilaterally announced he would end DACA in March, and by January, Democratic legislators were threatening to force a government shutdown if the decision wasn’t reversed with Dreamer protections reinstated. Now, with Trump’s original DACA deadline having …
Read More »Another Lawsuit against the State of Florida Over Unfair MMJ Practices
Having said that… “There really isn’t a lot of opportunity,” according to Aaron Nevins, president of South Florida’s Patients and Producers Alliance (PAPA). “You have a couple of people that own a majority of the licenses. A lot of them …
Read More »Hip-hop music blamed for encouraging drug use
(HealthDay)—Hip-hop music may be influencing black Americans to try the street drug molly, a new study suggests. Molly—the powder or crystal form of ecstasy—is a stimulant and hallucinogenic. University of South Florida researchers surveyed young black adults who said they’d …
Read More »Florida Republican Pushes Legislation to Reclassify Marijuana
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican member of the Florida legislature, spoke with Fox News Tuesday night about his bill targeting the reclassification of marijuana within the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). House Bill 2020 (H.R. 2020), introduced on April 6, …
Read More »Meet the NFL Player-Turned-Doctor Researching Marijuana to Save Lives
At the end of July 2017, the National Football League (NFL) announced it had offered its assistance to the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) in their quest to research marijuana as a therapeutic option for players in pain. The …
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