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Medical marijuana advocates push towards ballot initiative for 2016

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Stymied by legislative inaction and thwarted by legal challengers, medical marijuana supporters are taking it to the streets. People United for Medical Marijuana and United for Care have begun collecting signatures and raising money to get a constitutional initiative on the November 2016 ballot allowing doctors to use marijuana to treat sick people. A spokesperson says they are confident voters will pass what the Legislature failed to do and the campaign will become more visible starting this month. “Until this…

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Ben Pollara puts the smackdown on Florida House over medical pot

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After the Florida House of Representatives threw in the towel this week, abandoning the legislative session three days early, medical marijuana was declared dead in Tallahassee for the 2015 session. That’s why the group United for Care has said screw it, and is heading back to the ballot box to give voters another go-round. “Our goal is to get a medical marijuana law passed in the state of Florida and to do so as quick as possible,” said United for Care…

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With House adjourning, United for Care says its going to 2016 ballot

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The Florida House has adjourned sine die, meaning it is abandoning the legislative session three days early and leaving a host of unresolved issues on the table. Among those issues is medical marijuana, which has been left dead for 2015. “Today the people we elected to represent us in Tallahassee literally abdicated their responsibility to Floridians. The House of Representatives decided to simply quit work, three days before the end of session, and with that, medical marijuana legislation is dead in Tallahassee,”…

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Email insights: For medical marijuana legalziation, there’s always 2016

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When it comes to legalizing medical marijuana, it may once again rest in the hands of Florida voters. With only days left in the regular 2015 legislative session, a new email from United for Care says legislators are seemingly satisfied with running out the clock on comprehensive medical marijuana laws. The legislative session ends on May 1, though there is likely to be a Special Session to hammer out the state budget. “We had high hopes that our leaders would act…

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Email insights: As medical marijuana stalls in Tallahassee, Ben Pollara presses on

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As Tallahassee lawmakers finish their third week of the 2015 legislative session, Ben Pollara finds little to cheer this week in Florida’s struggle to legalize medical marijuana. “It ain’t looking good,” the United for Care leader says in a new email update. “Despite the voices of 58 percent of Floridians and our efforts in the Legislature,” Pollara continues, “third week of the session just ended without a hearing in either house.” Elected representatives do just that – represent the people of Florida. As…

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No, FCAN isn’t about to pursue a legalization of pot constitutional amendment

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On Monday, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that the Florida Cannabis Action Network was now “developing a 2016 voter initiative to legalize marijuana, based on the likelihood that the Florida Legislature will be unwilling to create a comprehensive medical-only program in coming weeks.” Uh, not exactly, says FCAN executive director Jodi James. “The ballot initiative idea is sort of a non-story right now,” James told Florida Politics on Wednesday. “I really can’t be putting a lot of emphasis on that. Florida…

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