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Phil AmmannJuly 31, 2015

New statewide polling shows Florida voters are ready to approve two possible constitutional amendments in 2016. One would be to legalize medical marijuana, even after the narrow loss of Amendment 2 last November. The other is raising Florida’s minimum wage to at least $10 per hour. In a survey conducted by St. Pete Polls, a proposed […]

Phil AmmannJuly 13, 2015

A renewed effort to legalize medical marijuana in Florida received a major boost last month, as the People United for Medical Marijuana political committee raised close to $293,000 in June. Of that, nearly $233,000 came from the Orlando law firm headed by attorney John Morgan, according to the state Division of Elections. Morgan has been the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2015

During the past couple of weeks, a controversial (to some) ordinance (2015-436) issuing a moratorium on medical marijuana distribution was passed in Jacksonville’s City Council and signed into law. Local activists are concerned. The strong expectation is that the city council meeting Tuesday night will be full of discussion about the medical marijuana moratorium during […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2015

The parents of epileptic children in Jacksonville say they’re prepared to pack up and move to Colorado to treat their kids if the Jacksonville City Council doesn’t reverse course on its new moratorium on Charlotte’s Web dispensaries. “I hope the city will change its mind, because there are lots of families who don’t want to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

With a unanimous vote in its favor in City Council, it would have been a surprise if Alvin Brown had not signed the Charlotte’s Web moratorium passed last Tuesday at City Council into law. And so he did. But perhaps the words in the statement his office gave WJXT bear closer examination. “The mayor recognizes the […]

Melissa RossJune 12, 2015

Saying he’s putting his money where his mouth is, Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan has sent an email to supporters announcing he’s writing a “big check for the patients who need medical marijuana.” “I’m doing it because the Legislature has ended their Session and again failed to deliver access to the suffering patients who need medical […]

Phil AmmannMay 27, 2015

After months of legal wrangling and court battles, Florida is closer to allowing production of non-euphoric medical marijuana under the law known as “Charlotte’s Web” passed last year. On Wednesday, a Tallahassee administrative judge rejected the last challenge to the state’s draft rules. Judge David Watkins dismissed the claim by Baywood Nurseries of Apopka, which said the […]

Phil AmmannMay 18, 2015

The collective stupidity of the Florida Legislature is “astounding,” attorney John Morgan says in the latest email blast to supporters of legalized medical marijuana. As the most visible advocate as the principal financial backer of United for Care, Morgan leads the largest nonpartisan organization in Florida urging voters to approve legalizing medical marijuana. As dependably blunt as […]

James CallMay 8, 2015

The latest challenge to proposed regulations for Florida’s medical marijuana law is in its final stage. Late Thursday, attorneys for the Department of Health and Baywood Nurseries filed proposed final orders with Judge W. David Watkins. The two sides repeated the arguments they made during a hearing last month. Baywood went into greater detail in […]

James CallMay 4, 2015

Stymied by legislative inaction and thwarted by legal challenges, medical marijuana supporters are taking it to the streets. People United for Medical Marijuana (PUMM) and United for Care have begun collecting signatures and raising money to get a constitutional initiative on the November 2016 ballot to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to treat sick people. […]

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Survey finds most Florida voters support medical marijuana, raising minimum wage to at least $10

Renewed medical marijuana amendment effort raises $293K in June

Ben Pollara talks Jacksonville Charlotte’s Web moratorium

Jax mom on Charlotte’s Web flap: Families will move to Colorado if moratorium stays

Alvin Brown signs Charlotte’s Web moratorium into law

John Morgan writes “big check” for new medical marijuana push

Final challenge to medical marijuana rule dismissed; licensing could start by summer

Email insights: John Morgan vows to bring “pain” to marijuana opponents in 2016

Final arguments heard in Charlotte’s Web challenge

Medical marijuana advocates push toward 2016 ballot initiative