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Compassionate Use director grilled for three hours on Charlotte’s Web rule

Published on April 24, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

Patricia Nelson, director of the Florida Office of Compassionate Use, spent most of her Friday morning on the defensive. What kept her busy was justifying the plan to regulate the state’s nascent marijuana industry. For three hours and 10 minutes, attorneys for Baywood Nurseries of Apopka grilled Nelson about licensing requirements to grow marijuana and dispense cannabis oil. They were challenging the proposed rule as unfair, saying it effectively blocks smaller nurseries from qualifying for a license, Baywood sued to…

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Charlotte’s Web hearing to enter second day, glitch bill still on Senate calendar

Published on April 23, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

A potential Florida medical marijuana grower is getting every opportunity to make its case in court. Baywood Nurseries of Apopka insists the proposed rule to enact the 2014 Charlotte’s Web law by the Florida Department of Health is unfair to smaller nurseries, blocking them from applying for one of the five licenses available to grow marijuana. The DOH response: Baywood has no case. “We shouldn’t be here for a hearing and another delay,” protested DOH lawyer Eduardo Lombard. Judge W. David…

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Baywood scores quick victories in Charlotte’s Web rule battle

Published on April 23, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

State Sen. Rob Bradley may want to consider performing some CPR on SPB 7066. Many speculated the legislative fix for last year’s Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 was dead when Bradley said it was in a “holding pattern.” The comment came after the Department of Health prevailed in a series of legal challenges blocking its plan to implement the low-THC law. The court victories created “less and less momentum” for a legislative fix, Bradley explained. Well, Thursday morning a…

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Lauren Book ends statewide trek with Tally rally to protect Florida children

Published on April 22, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

Krysta is an 18-year-old Florida State University student; she is the reason Lauren Book marches. Krysta’s abuse started when she was 6. She did not tell anyone for six years, until she first told a camp counselor, then her parents. Wednesday was the first time she has talked publicly about her abuse. “My legs are shaking, my whole body is shaking,” she said while waiting for Book’s final mile of her annual 1,500-mile Walk in My Shoes march across Florida.…

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Charlotte’s Web challenge dismissed; DOH ordered to respond to last one

Published on April 22, 2015 in Statewide by James Call

One challenge remains to block planting Florida’s first legal marijuana crop. And the Department of Health has a 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday in its effort to defeat it and begin implementing the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. Late Tuesday, Judge W. David Watkins dismissed the challenge filed by Master Growers. The order is here. Watkins ruled that Master Growers lacked standing to sue DOH over a proposed rule to award five licenses authorized by lawmakers to grow marijuana and dispense…

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Charlotte’s Web ‘glitch’ bill pulled from Senate floor

Published on April 22, 2015 in Top Headlines by James Call

On Wednesday morning, state Sen. Rob Bradley temporarily postponed Senate consideration of SPB 7066, the legislative fix for the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. Scheduled for a second reading is the measure addressing concerns believed to be driving legal challenges to a proposed rule for the Act. Meanwhile, the state Department of Health faces a 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday in its effort to defeat the last remaining challenge to its proposed regulatory structure for the Charlotte’s Web law. “We’re in a…

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Lauren Book walks so children know they are not alone

Published on April 21, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

Lauren Book puts action to words. The author, activist and abuse survivor will complete her annual 1,500-mile walk from the Keys to Tallahassee on Wednesday, capped off with a rally to bring awareness to the problem of sexual abuse of children. The 30-year-old former teacher told her family 13 years ago about abuse she experienced as a child at the hands of a nanny. Six years ago she started walking across Florida and talking to people to people about sexual…

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Compassionate Use director grilled for three hours on Charlotte’s Web rule

Charlotte’s Web hearing to enter second day, glitch bill still on Senate calendar

Baywood scores quick victories in Charlotte’s Web rule battle

Lauren Book ends statewide trek with Tally rally to protect Florida children

Charlotte’s Web challenge dismissed; DOH ordered to respond to last one

Charlotte’s Web ‘glitch’ bill pulled from Senate floor

Lauren Book walks so children know they are not alone

James Call - page 5

James Call has 398 articles published.

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