Tag: Florida

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June 24, 2013
06/24/2013
Medical Marijuana Battle Coming to Florida

Medical Marijuana Battle Coming to Florida

As Florida baby boomers who may have used marijuana in their youth feel the impact of age, they may add to the push for legalization.
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June 13, 2013
06/13/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.12)

A pill-popping Florida cop goes to jail, a coke-slinging New York TSA agent gets busted, and a North Carolina narc gets fired. Let’s get to it: In...
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May 22, 2013
05/22/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.21)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.21)

New York City seems indifferent to the costs imposed on it by rogue narcs, a Florida deputy gets popped for growing weed, a US Virgin Islands environmental...
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May 10, 2013
05/10/2013
FL Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Protection

FL Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Protection

Longtime Florida activist Cathy Jordan, a 63-year-old woman who consumes cannabis to mitigate symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), a debilitating condition that she has lived...
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April 29, 2013
04/29/2013
Florida Bill to Outlaw Bongs Moves to Governor

Florida Bill to Outlaw Bongs Moves to Governor

Florida Rep. Darryl Rouson introduced HB 49, which would outlaw bongs and pipes to be used with illegal drugs. The bill passed the House and the Senate, and...
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April 11, 2013
04/11/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.10)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.10)

Rhode Island is set to see its first dispensary open next, Mendocino County faces down the feds, and more news from around the country. Let’s get to...
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April 11, 2013
04/11/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.10)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.10)

Some Utah narcs are having a spotlight shone on them, an NYPD cop goes down for robbing drug dealers, and a Florida deputy gets caught buying pain...
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April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Florida Attorney Drops Charges Against Bob and Cathy Jordan

Florida Attorney Drops Charges Against Bob and Cathy Jordan

Today I share with you wonderful news from an all too conservative state, Florida, where the sun shines on everything but justice for cannabis users. Just a...
By: Norm Kent
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April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.03)

Medical marijuana bills were laid to rest in two states this week, changes in the medical marijuana law went into effect in another, and Massachusetts now appears...
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March 29, 2013
03/29/2013
Florida Bill Advances to Outlaw “Bongs”

Florida Bill Advances to Outlaw “Bongs”

Florida legislation aimed at prohibiting the sale of glass and other pipes, commonly called “bongs,” sailed through the House Business and Professional Regulation subcommittee on Wednesday.
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March 28, 2013
03/28/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.27)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.27)

There is plenty of action in state legislatures, the battle over rescheduling continues, a Maine dispensary gets called out for using pesticides, and much more. Let’s get...
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March 28, 2013
03/28/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.27)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.27)

Dirty cops go down in Miami and New York, so does a jail guard in DC, and a Long Island dope squad’s problems continue to mount. Let’s...
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March 27, 2013
03/27/2013
Editorial Support for Medical Marijuana in Florida and Illinois

Editorial Support for Medical Marijuana in Florida and Illinois

Medical marijuana bills are circulating in Illinois and Florida. In Illinois, HB1, authored by Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), will soon be voted on in the House. According to Rep....
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March 19, 2013
03/19/2013
Attorney Pushes for Medical Marijuana in Florida

Attorney Pushes for Medical Marijuana in Florida

John Morgan, a prominent attorney in Orlando, is putting $3.5 million into legalization efforts for medical marijuana in Florida in memory of his father. Morgan’s father used...
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March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
Florida State Lawmakers Will Consider Medical Marijuana Bill

Florida State Lawmakers Will Consider Medical Marijuana Bill

State Sen. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) introduced a bill today that would allow Floridians with debilitating medical conditions to legally obtain and use marijuana if their doctors...
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February 28, 2013
02/28/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.27)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.27)

From the village board to the halls of Congress, medical marijuana is popping up all over. And there’s action at various state houses, too. Let’s get to...
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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013

Florida – Medical Marijuana Could Determine Governor’s Race

According to a recent poll conducted by Hamilton Campaigns on behalf of People United for Medical Marijuana, 70% of Florida voters support a plan to mend the state constitution to...
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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Florida Welfare Drug Test Law

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Florida Welfare Drug Test Law

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction blocking Florida’s 2011 law requiring welfare applicants to take and pass a drug test....
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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Yesterday, the Miami Herald published an article discussing a recent poll that shows a majority of Florida voters support medical marijuana. The article specifically mentioned the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act and talked...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
Two Dead in Police Grow House Shoot-Out in Miami

Two Dead in Police Grow House Shoot-Out in Miami

013 Two people are dead and one man is under arrest after a Miami-Dade Police investigation into a possible marijuana grow house Tuesday evening turned into a...
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