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James CallFebruary 4, 2015

Patricia Nelson delivered the marching orders to the 12-member panel negotiating a regulatory structure to allow a medicinal marijuana product in Florida. The director of the Office of Compassionate Use minced few words in opening the first day of the two-day meeting scheduled to fulfill the Department of Health’s responsibility to implement the state’s Charlotte’s […]

James CallFebruary 3, 2015

The Department of Health has scheduled a 14-hour workshop Wednesday to negotiate rules implementing the state’s medicinal marijuana law. Wednesday’s marathon will be followed Thursday with a meeting scheduled to last until concluded. The Office of Compassionate Use entered into a negotiated rule making process with stakeholders after an administrative judge threw out its first […]

James CallFebruary 3, 2015

The Department of Health has scheduled a 14-hour workshop Wednesday to negotiate rules implementing the state’s medicinal marijuana law. Wednesday’s marathon will be followed Thursday with a meeting scheduled to last until concluded. The Office of Compassionate Use entered into a negotiated rule making process with stakeholders after an administrative judge threw out its first […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 1, 2015

Imagine a seizure striking without warning while attending your son or daughter’s soccer game, or watching helplessly as your child suffers from a debilitating epilepsy episode. This is the fear that more than 375,000 Floridians and their families face every day following an epilepsy diagnosis: when will the next seizure strike? The mission of the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 27, 2015

The Tampa Bay Times alienated some of it readership and certainly surprised many others last fall when it editorialized against Amendment Two. That was the medical marijuana initiative being proposed in Florida some 18 years after California became the first state in the nation to legalize the herb for medicinal purposes. The editorial called the substance of the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 26, 2015

Pro-medical marijuana groups are praising a bill filed by state Sen. Jeff Brandes Monday. The Florida Medical Marijuana Act would authorize physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients afflicted with one of 14 specific illnesses. “I’m very encouraged by Sen. Brandes’ bill. As a sheriff and as the son of a cancer survivor, responsible, comprehensive, medical marijuana legislation is critically […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 26, 2015

Pro-medical marijuana groups are praising a bill filed by state Sen. Jeff Brandes Monday. The Florida Medical Marijuana Act would authorize physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients afflicted with one of 14 specific illnesses. “I’m very encouraged by Sen. Brandes’ bill. As a sheriff and as the son of a cancer survivor, responsible, comprehensive, medical marijuana legislation is critically […]

James CallJanuary 26, 2015

State Sen. Jeff Brandes is the first out of the gate with a medical marijuana bill for the 2015 legislative session. Brandes filed Monday the Florida Medical Marijuana, Act which authorizes physicians to use marijuana to treat patients afflicted with one of 14 specific illnesses. Brandes’ proposal creates two licensing processes, one for the cultivation […]

James CallJanuary 16, 2015

The Department of Health has released a draft proposal of a rule to implement the state’s low-THC/high-CBD medicinal marijuana law. It would create a selection committee composed of the director of the state Office of Compassionate Use, an accountant, and a member of the Drug Policy Advisory Council to award five licenses to grow marijuana […]

James CallJanuary 16, 2015

The Department of Health has released a draft proposal of a rule to implement the state’s low-THC/high-CBD medicinal marijuana law. It would create a selection committee composed of the director of the state Office of Compassionate Use, an accountant, and a member of the Drug Policy Advisory Council to award five licenses to grow marijuana […]

Tag: Charlotte’s Web

The march to complete the Charlotte's Web law

DOH schedules a marathon workshop to hammer out Charlotte’s Web regulations

DOH schedules a marathon workshop to hammer out Charlotte's Web regulations

Karen Basha Egozi: Epilepsy group applauds new medical marijuana bill

Mitch Perry Report for 1.27.15 — The politics of pot returns to Florida

Pro-medical marijuana backers praise Jeff Brandes’ bill to broaden medical marijuana law

Pro-medical marijuana backers praise Jeff Brandes' bill to broaden medical marijuana law

Jeff Brandes files to expand medicinal marijuana law; increases eligible patients, splits licensing

Dept. of Health proposes selection committee to award Charlotte’s Web licenses

Dept. of Health proposes selection committee to award Charlotte's Web licenses