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Email insights: John Morgan vows to bring ‘pain’ to marijuana opponents in 2016

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The collective stupidity of the Florida Legislature is “astounding,” says attorney John Morgan in the latest email blast to supporters of legalized medical marijuana. As the most visible advocate and the principal financial backer of United for Care, Morgan leads the largest nonpartisan organization in Florida urging voters to approve legaizing medical marijuana. As dependably blunt as ever, Morgan follows that statement up with a hard – yet clear – truth: Most politicians are “out to protect their own careers.” By ignoring medical…

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Final arguments heard in Charlotte’s Web challenge

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The latest challenge to proposed regulations for Florida’s medical marijuana law is in its final stage. Late Thursday, attorneys for the Department of Health and Baywood Nurseries filed proposed final orders with Judge W. David Watkins. The two sides repeated the arguments they made during a hearing last month. Baywood went into greater detail in its complaint about the makeup of a negotiated rulemaking committee, the lack of definitions for terms used, the absence of an appeals process for license revocation…

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Pot-testing kits at the center of St. Pete company lawsuit

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A St. Pete company is suing four former employees and two companies for ripping off its marijuana test kit idea. The company, called FutureWorld, is based in St. Pete. They focus on “the identification, acquisition, development, and commercialization of cannabis-related products, such as industrial Hemp.” The company’s goal is to capitalize on the “burgeoning Cannabis markets globally.” FutureWorld purchased the company MedTest in 2014 in order to adopt a product they were planning to introduce as its own. That product, a…

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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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Jeff Brandes leaves Tallahassee with impressive bill record

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Florida state Sen. Jeff Brandes is home from Tallahassee with a list of accomplishments this session. Of bills he proposed, at least nine are on their way to the governor for a signature. One of the bills Brandes is most excited to see make its way to Rick Scott’s desk is the Local Government Pension Reform bill. Senate Bill 242 is what Brandes says “looks like a minor bill, but will have a huge impact.” If the House version of the bill, HB 1309,…

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Medical marijuana advocates disappointed, looking to 2016

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Medical marijuana advocates are now looking to 2016. One of the casualties of the budget debate raging between the House and Senate is a glitch bill for last year’s Charlotte’s Web law. SPB 7066 died when the House unexpectedly adjourned the 2015 session three days early. “I have never seen more lobbyists with their mouths literally drop (open) and I’ve been doing this for 25 years,” Ron Watson said. Watson works health issues and focused this year on the glitch…

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