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James CallApril 15, 2015

Lawmakers are blazing at least three trails in an attempt to make medical marijuana available in Florida. The latest effort comes Wednesday when Rep. Matt Gaetz will try to amend HB 269, the Right to Try Act, to allow terminally ill patients to use marijuana under certain conditions. The measure filed by Rep. Ray Pilon […]

James CallApril 13, 2015

The Medical Cannabis Trade Association of Florida is considering whether to withdraw its challenge to a proposed rule of the Charlotte’s Web law. Judge W. David Watkins ordered the association on Monday to divulge its membership when he granted a motion to compel filed by the state Department of Health. DOH attorney Eduardo Lombard argued […]

James CallApril 10, 2015

Growers, investors, and patient advocates are reading Rep. Matt Gaetz’s words on medicinal marijuana as if they were ancient tasseographers reading tea leaves. They are trying to discern whether medicinal marijuana will become available under SB 1030, approved in 2014, or SPB 7066, which is moving through the Florida Senate. “What are they doing in […]

Phil AmmannApril 2, 2015

The Florida Commission on Ethics will consider the recommendation of a judge on a case involving former state legislator and U.S. Rep. David Rivera, ordered to pay nearly $58,000 in fines and restitution for questionable travel reimbursements and financial disclosures. The commission hearing is set for April 17, according to the ethics panel’s newly released […]

James CallMarch 27, 2015

Friday marked the seventh day of existence for the Medical Cannabis Trade Association. The association of nurseries is challenging a proposed rule for a medicinal marijuana law approved in 2014. When the group filed a lawsuit Tuesday no one around the Capitol seemed to know anything about the MCTA. The association formed as a Delaware […]

James CallMarch 27, 2015

Friday marked the seventh day of existence for the Medical Cannabis Trade Association. The association of nurseries is challenging a proposed rule for a medicinal marijuana law approved in 2014. When the group filed a lawsuit Tuesday no one around the Capitol seemed to know anything about the MCTA. The association formed as a Delaware […]

James CallMarch 26, 2015

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Florida’s Charlotte’s Web law is back before the judge who in November invalidated the previous rule for the growing of marijuana and the processing of oil from the plant. Administrative Law Judge W. David Watkins will decide the challenge against the latest proposed regulations filed by the Medical Cannabis Trade Association of Florida (MCTA). He has until […]

James CallMarch 26, 2015

Florida’s Charlotte’s Web law is back before the judge who in November invalidated the previous rule for the growing of marijuana and the processing of oil from the plant. Administrative Law Judge W. David Watkins will decide the challenge against the latest proposed regulations filed by the Medical Cannabis Trade Association of Florida (MCTA). He has until […]

Tag: W. David Watkins

Rep. Matt Gaetz makes move on medical marijuana

Judge: Medical Cannabis Trade Association must disclose members

Will 1030 or 7066 put medicinal marijuana in the ground?

Ethics Commission to consider David Rivera case

Secretive Charlotte’s Web challenger says it only wants pot “properly regulated”

Secretive Charlotte's Web challenger says it only wants pot “properly regulated”

Judge David Watkins caught again in Charlotte’s Web; MCTA roots questioned

Judge David Watkins caught again in Charlotte's Web; MCTA roots questioned