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James CallApril 19, 2015

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Florida is poised to take a significant step in making medicinal cannabis available to people who need it. This week, decisions by lawmakers at the Florida Capitol and an administrative court judge could determine when and how. Frustrated by legal challenges preventing implementation of the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 lawmakers are pursuing a legislative fix allowing […]

James CallApril 16, 2015

Growers may want to start planning to plant cannabis seeds. Whether the authorization will come under the Compassionate Medicinal Cannabis Act of 2014, or SPB 7066, which is moving in the Senate or under an amended bill is still unclear. Rep. Matt Gaetz, however, said Thursday that Florida “is on the back 9” in clearing […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 16, 2015

When does voting really matter? For all of the super-voters out there, the answer is, “It always does.” But for those not so attuned with voting in every election, here’s a more compelling reason. If all of the voters who had signed a petition supporting placing Florida’s Amendment 2 medical marijuana initiative on the 2014 […]

James CallApril 15, 2015

As the House met in full session Wednesday morning, patient advocates were abuzz about a new amendment allowing terminally ill patients to use medicinal marijuana. Rep. Matt Gaetz tried to attach it to the bill that would create the Right to Try Act, which would allow patients to use experimental drugs and devices that have completed […]

Guest AuthorApril 13, 2015

Since June 2014 medical marijuana has been legal in Florida thanks to the Florida Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 1030. Unfortunately Florida patients still wait for the law to become a reality in their medical treatment due to continuing delays in implementing the statute. Floridians suffering from debilitating conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, ALS, MS […]

Peter SchorschApril 8, 2015

John Morgan is a serious person. He certainly spent serious money trying to pass Amendment 2 in 2014. He sounds serious, sometimes even emphatic. And sometimes sounding serious is all one needs to get their friends and enemies to act the way they want them too. At least that’s what Morgan hopes. Elected officials pay […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 13, 2015

Another challenge has cropped up in the attempt to bring a non-euphoric strain of medical marijuana to people suffering from chronic seizures. The state approved Charlotte’s Web for use in epileptic patients, including children, last year, but the medicine is still not available as a committee grapples with rules regulating its cultivations, distribution and use. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 13, 2015

Another challenge has cropped up in the attempt to bring a non-euphoric strain of medical marijuana to people suffering from chronic seizures. The state approved Charlotte’s Web for use in epileptic patients, including children, last year, but the medicine is still not available as a committee grapples with rules regulating its cultivations, distribution and use. […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2015

As the Tampa Bay Times reported late Monday, one of their own became the subject of a recurring Tallahassee story: the Tennessee Street DUI arrest. Michael Auslen, the youngest member of the Times‘ capitol bureau, was pulled over after officers were alerted to a speeding and swerving vehicle at about 11:15 p.m. this past Saturday. In an affidavit, Auslen admitted to drinking at a local […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2015

As the Tampa Bay Times reported late Monday, one of their own became the subject of a recurring Tallahassee story: the Tennessee Street DUI arrest. Michael Auslen, the youngest member of the Times‘ capitol bureau, was pulled over after officers were alerted to a speeding and swerving vehicle at about 11:15 p.m. this past Saturday. In an affidavit, Auslen admitted to drinking at a local […]

Tag: Medical marijuana

Important week ahead for medical marijuana advocates

Five minutes with Matt Gaetz, talking FDA lies and being on the back 9 with medicinal marijuana

If votes had equaled petitions, medical marijuana would have passed

House joins medical marijuana debate this session

Cerise Naylor: Florida medical marijuana law still stuck

Peter Schorsch: Will John Morgan give a pot of money for medical pot?

Family behind Charlotte's Web in Florida responds to the law's latest challenge

Family behind Charlotte’s Web in Florida responds to the law’s latest challenge

Tampa Bay Times’ Michael Auslen faces DUI charge

Tampa Bay Times' Michael Auslen faces DUI charge