A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2019
3min860
It can't be legal, she says, because of federal ban.
Tag: pot
A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 13, 2019
4min820
The ballot language is ready for its first review.
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 9, 2019
3min513
The bill would remove criminal liability for small amounts of pot.
Peter SchorschAugust 22, 2019
7min955
"The momentum to act is definitely on our side."
Scott PowersAugust 6, 2019
6min1620
"I don't think this will be hard to pass," Morgan predicted.
Danny McAuliffeJune 18, 2018
4min902
According to newly filed Agriculture Commissioner candidate Nikki Fried, the state is lax on gun control and too overbearing on medical marijuana. In a campaign video released Monday morning, the Democrat makes her introduction to voters by setting up a dichotomy between pot and assault rifles. “One helps sick and dying Floridians and is over-regulated,” […]
Danny McAuliffeJune 13, 2018
6min1638
Gov. Rick Scott made his way through his first Cabinet meeting as a candidate for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, and while the meeting focused exclusively on state matters, the questions that followed from reporters unsurprisingly centered on federal issues. Scott is leading his Democratic opponent, incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, in a few early […]
Jim RosicaJuly 6, 2017
5min303
Medical marijuana advocate John Morgan says cannabis smoking doesn’t “impair lung function” and even “increase(s) lung capacity,” as part of his lawsuit to be filed against the state Thursday. Florida Politics on Wednesday night acquired a copy of the 15-page complaint that Morgan says he will file in Leon Circuit Civil court in Tallahassee—against which a […]
Jim RosicaDecember 9, 2016
7min313
With establishment lobbyists now representing it, the medical marijuana cause appears to have become—grab your pearls—respectable. Florida for Care, the nonprofit organization that is advocating for “well-regulated” medicinal pot in the state, has hired Brecht Heuchan and The Mayernick Group to advocate for its interests. Heuchan, who says he voted against the medical marijuana constitutional amendment this November, has […]
Jim RosicaNovember 29, 2016
5min1430
Florida’s bong ban, as toothless as critics say it may be, now is preempted by the recently approved constitutional amendment on medical marijuana. That’s according to Ben Pollara, campaign manager of United for Care. The group has fought for the ballot initiative, which first failed in 2014 before passing this year with 71 percent of […]