Prospective medical marijuana growers in Florida are struggling to figure out a legal way to obtain starter cannabis plants under a new state law allowing for limited medical use, the bill’s sponsor and other experts say. Florida lawmakers failed to address how growers licensed by the state would acquire a …
An internal investigation revealed that the officer “flipped a coin when contemplating which subject to cite,” and that he called Washington’s legal marijuana law “silly.” He is a racist, too: “The police department said 36 per cent of the tickets were issued to African-Americans, who make up just eight per …
(as of 01 August 2014) I. States with Legislation or Ballot Measures to Legalize Medical Marijuana 3 Pending Legislation or Ballot Measures Florida Ohio Pennsylvania 3 Passed Legislation in 2014 Maryland Minnesota New York 13 Failed Legislation in 2014 Florida Kansas Kentucky Maryland Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New York Ohio …
Chart of the top 17 hospitals in the United States, according to the U.S. News and World Report “Honor Roll” for 2011-2012, with their positions on our question: “Should marijuana be a medical option?” Not one hospital provided a pro or con statement. Rank Hospital “Should marijuana be a medical option?” …
In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have “no accepted medical use.” Since then, 22 of 50 US states and DC have legalized the medical use of marijuana. Proponents of medical marijuana argue that it can be a …
The federal government just ordered all the marijuana it wants — something it would send most Americans to prison for doing. On Monday, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a new rule that increases the U.S. government’s production quota for medical marijuana from an annual 21 kg to 650 kg. That’s …
WILL FEDS MAKE IT BE THE LAST DROP Some cannabis growers may soon find themselves with a lot less irrigation water if the U.S. government decides to block the use of federal water for state-legal marijuana cultivation. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees management of federal water resources, “is …
In some states, there’s an untenable mismatch between the crime and the time, but does anyone think that pot—medical or recreational—will still be illegal in 10 years? Now that a majority of Americans—54% and climbing, according to Pew Research—believe that marijuana should be treated like beer, wine and liquor, it’s …
The parents of RayAnn Moseley, the Pensacola child with intractable epilepsy whose story softened the hearts of reluctant lawmakers, are fighting a new battle: getting Charlotte’s Web to Florida. The Moseleys have formed a company to apply to be one of the five medical marijuana dispensaries under the new law …
Florida – Adjourned 2014 9 Bills Number: FL [R] HB 843 – Updated (Text 07/13/2014) Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz Title: Cannabis Abstract: Cannabis; Authorizes specified physicians to order low-THC cannabis for use by specified patients; provides conditions; prohibits specified acts by physicians or persons seeking low-THC cannabis; requires physician education; requires …