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John Morgan says he’ll match medical pot drive donations 9 to 1

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John MorganĀ announced on Thursday all donations in 2015 to hisĀ United for Care groupĀ — which is pushing for a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana — will be personally matched by the millionaire attorney to the tune of nine to one. MorganĀ said in a statement his personal convictions will drive him to spare no expense when it comes to bringing patients who use cannabis to treat their ailments out of the shadows. ā€œI started doing this because of my brother and…

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Effort to legalize pot in Florida goes public Friday

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Along with an effort to legalize medical marijuana Ā that could be on the 2016 ballot inĀ Florida next year, there could also be another constitutional amendment: This one calls for the outright legalization of marijuana in the Sunshine State. Organizers and supporters of theĀ Sensible Florida PAC will hold a news conference in Fort Lauderdale on Friday morning toĀ announce a petition drive for a proposed new amendment to the Florida Constitution that will permit adults to grow and use marijuana by directing…

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John Morgan’s proposed medical marijuana amendment to get ballot competition

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The John Morgan-backed drive to get a proposed constitutional amendment allowing medical pot on the 2016 ballot has competition. Two other ballot initiatives were filed last month, state records show, including one that ā€“ surprise ā€“ would allow recreational use of pot. The other would reclassify cannabis ā€œas a dietary supplementā€ and tax its sale at 10 percent, with the proceeds going to augment teacher salaries. It would allow pot possession of up to four ounces. Neither initiative has reported…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.24.15 – Immigration follies

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One of the factors in Donald Trump’s surprise success in the polls (other than it’s August of 2015 and doesn’t mean whole lot) is that the mainstream (i.e. television) media has pretty much handled him with kid gloves. And why not, since he’s ratings (and clickbait) gold? MaybeĀ – just maybe, that tide is beginning to turn. On ABC’sĀ This WeekĀ on Sunday, host George Stephanopolous grilled the formerĀ ApprenticeĀ star on hisĀ preposterous immigration plan to deport the more than 11 million undocumented in this…

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United for Care says Marco Rubio ‘doesn’t respect the will of the people’ when it comes to states legalizing weed

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For years, Marco Rubio has been very clear on the campaign trail that he opposes the legalization of marijuana. But what about for medicinal purposes, as is the law of the land inĀ 19 states, and may be again on the ballot in Florida in 2016? “I’ve said that I’mĀ open to medicinal uses, of anything, particular marijuana, and in fact, if it goes through the FDA process and you can come up with a proven medicinal benefit to that substance, I’m…

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Medical marijuana backers say they have enough signed petitions for Florida Supreme Court review

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United for Care, the group that pushed for a medical marijuana constitutional amendment in 2014 in Florida that fell just short, says they are well on their way to getting a similar measure on the 2016 ballot. Officials with the group said today they will be sendingĀ 100,000 petitions to localĀ Supervisor of Elections offices next week ā€“ well more than the 68,317 thousand validated petitions required for a Supreme Court review. ā€œThis is a massive head start over the previous campaign…

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LSN Communications launches Spanish-language ĀæQuĆ© Pasa, LSNC? political digest

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LSN Communications announced today the launch of its new project ĀæQuĆ© pasa, LSNC?, a daily digest of the most prominent local and state political news covered by Spanish-language media outlets in South Florida. The concept behind ĀæQuĆ© pasa, LSNC? is simple: LSN Communications follows local and state political news covered by South Floridaā€™s Spanish-language radio, TV shows and newspapers, and shares the highlights of their content via a daily e-mail digest in English. As the ĀæQuĆ© pasa, LSNC? tagline suggests,…

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