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Charlotte’s Web fix advances

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State Sen. Rob Bradley was the man in the arena at Tuesday’s Health Policy Committee meeting. He had to beat back challenges from two factions wanting changes in his SB 7066, a Charlotte’s Web fix (he prefers not to call it a glitch bill) and address complaints from stakeholders wanting an end to the bickering between regulators and growers over rules getting medicinal cannabis oil to the market. “We need to bring this to a close. Give us a regulatory…

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The day that was at the Florida Capitol — March 30

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The day at the state Capitol began dark Monday. As we approach the mid-point of the 60 days of the legislative session, apparently the grind is starting to get to people. Someone forgot to turn on the lights this morning in the hallway leading to the Senate pressroom. It was eerie walking a usually bustling, noisy corridor in the subdued quiet and darkness of a Monday morning. Sort of like serving school detention and being freed after the janitors had…

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Dorothy Hukill aims to shoot down GPS tracking

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New media technologies are forcing privacy advocates to redefine privacy. State Sen. Dorothy Hukill is the point person in the Legislature this session for people wanting to be let alone. Her drone bill swats restrictions on mini-flying robots equipped with video cameras like Seiko’s soon-to-be-released 0.4-ounce bug-size helicopter. That bill is now sitting in Appropriations. On Monday Hukill struck another blow for privacy with a measure restricting the use of GPS devices. There are more than 25 global positioning satellites…

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Charlotte’s Web glitch bill scheduled for hearing

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Growers and patient advocates used court challenges to force the Legislature to revisit a medicinal marijuana law approved last session. Tuesday they get another chance at convincing lawmakers to increase the allowable level of THC in medicinal oil authorized for use in Florida by the Compassionate Medicinal Cannabis Act of 2014. A Charlotte’s Web fix approved without an amendment last week by one Senate panel is on Tuesday’s agenda of a Health Policy Committee meeting. SPB 7066 addresses the concerns many believe…

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The week ahead at the Florida Capitol

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This week at the Florida Capitol battle lines will be formally drawn for the 2015 state budget debate. Both the House and Senate will hold floor sessions to discuss their respective budgets. Each chamber could approve a state spending plan for next year by week’s end, and given that they are presently separated by $4.2 billion the two are poised to deliver to the other a bureaucratic slap-across- the-face challenge to a duel. The differences in the spending plans can…

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The week that was in Florida politics – March 27

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This week at the state capitol ended with House Republicans taking Democrats to school. There were four education bills on the agenda for a Friday session advocated by the GOP. All easily passed since Republicans outnumber Democrats 2 – 1 in the Florida House. Thursday, Democrats argued against mandating school districts share construction and renovation money with charter schools and the lifting of penalties for failing to comply with the class size amendment. Friday the proposals, along with bonus money…

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Mysterious medical cannabis group says they only seek ‘properly regulated’ Charlotte’s Web

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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 its lawsuit Tuesday no one around the Capitol seemed to know anything about the MCTA. The association formed as a Delaware corporation Friday, March 20, organized to conduct business in Florida the following Monday and filed a challenged the next day saying that the Department of Health’s proposed regulations are vague, fail…

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