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Jim RosicaJanuary 27, 2018

What looks like a loss at first blush is a win for John Morgan in his legal effort to overturn the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana. A Tallahassee judge on Friday granted the state’s motion to dismiss as to People United for Medical Marijuana, the association-plaintiff, saying it didn’t have the legal standing to […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 25, 2018

An attorney arguing to overturn Florida’s ban on smoking medical marijuana says if a constitutional amendment doesn’t say it can’t be smoked, then lawmakers and regulators can’t stand in the way of patients who want to. “If you’re the Legislature, why would you pick out smoking and say no? Because this (amendment) allows it,” attorney Jon Mills told […]

Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

Along with an effort to legalize medical marijuana that could be on the 2016 ballot in Florida next year, there could also be another constitutional amendment: This one calls for the outright legalization of marijuana in the Sunshine State. Organizers and supporters of the Sensible Florida PAC will hold a news conference in Fort Lauderdale on Friday […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 29, 2014

The voters of Florida have an opportunity on Nov. 4 to amend our constitution and make cannabis legally available to patients with debilitating medical conditions. It’s a cause you should support, because it’s an initiative that heals rather than harms, helps rather than hurts. Long overdue, after four decades of criminal prosecutions, passage of this […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 20, 2014

It’s time that we shift the medical and judicial focus regarding marijuana. In 2010 there were 38,329 deaths caused by drug overdose: 22,134 from pharmaceutical drugs, 16,651 from pharmaceutical opioid analgesics and zero from marijuana. This year, three initiatives are moving forward in Florida that can help control the quality, quantity and delivery of a […]

Tag: Cathy Jordan

Judge allows medical marijuana ‘no smoke’ case to go forward

Fate of medical marijuana smoking ban now with judge

Effort to legalize pot in Florida goes public Friday

Norm Kent: Amendment 2 brings reason, common sense to cannabis laws

Gary J. Stein: A medical marijuana bill ‘written in the spirit of the constitutional amendment’