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Miami-Dade set to consider marijuana civil citation program

Published on June 5, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Getting thrown in jail for possessing pot in Miami-Dade County could soon be a thing of the past. A County Commission committee is set to consider a proposal that would give law enforcement the option to issue a civil citation rather than slap marijuana-users with a criminal charge. The plan has support from the Miami-Dade Police Department. The agency even helped craft the proposal. “This gives the option to go with a citation for those individuals that may have no…

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

Published on May 6, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

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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