Potential revenue could shift either way based on what types of diseases are covered by medical marijuana. Supporters say hundreds of millions of dollars could be at stake. Drug Free America reminded the group that when pot is legalized as medicine, its not all profit. “In the state of Colorado, the marijuana enforcement division spends about 9.5 million dollars a […]
Orlando attorney John Morgan essentially bankrolled the effort last year, and this year, according to the most recent numbers from the state, his law firm is once again picking up the tab. Records show two donations in June accounted for 80 percent of the group’s total donations for the month. 9 Investigates‘ Christopher Heath found that the same major donors […]
The Commercial Appeal reports that Bufford says in an email to Mississippi supporters that he decided to withdraw after consulting with law enforcement and attorneys. He did not describe the threat. He did not immediately respond to an email Sunday from The Associated Press; the newspaper said he did not return its phone call. Mississippi’s Ballot Initiative 48 would legalize […]
In a letter to the editor that some Florida newspapers published this January, Karen Basha Egozi, the president of the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, supported the bill that State Sen. Jeff Brandes, R- St. Petersburg, filed this session to introduce an expanded medical marijuana system for specific medical conditions, including epilepsy. In the letter, she also urged lawmakers to work […]
In a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, a resounding 84 percent of Florida voters said they would vote in favor of a bill to legalize medical marijuana. However, when Amendment 2 was brought to voters, only 58 percent of citizens voted in favor of the bill, just 2 percent shy of the 60 percent needed to enact the law. According […]
Under the measure passed last spring, the department set up rules for doctors and patients to register. But the proposed regulations for growers and sellers were challenged in court, so officials started over. State officials late Monday announced they will appoint an eight-member committee “to draft mutually acceptable proposed rules” in early February. The department invited people to apply for […]
“Most people understand that, in a presidential year, medical marijuana will pass,” said Jeff Kottkamp, the Republican former lieutenant governor who backs legalization. “They also know on the national level a Republican can’t win without Florida.” A constitutional amendment would draw to the polls the younger, more liberal voters more likely to support medical pot, proponents say, helping the eventual […]
A local TV station in Pensacola was bias on the way they covered medical marijuana in Florida. Two days before the vote on Amendment 2 they ran a story about how a fifteen year old kid could go in a clinic and buy medical marijuana. That’s all people talked about for two days.Then two hours before the poles closed the […]
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