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Florida for Care walking Capitol halls today for medicinal marijuana

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Florida for Care declared Wednesday a Day of Compassion at the state Capitol. More than 20 supporters of two medicinal marijuana bills fanned out across the Capitol Complex early Wednesday to lobby lawmakers on behalf of HB 683 and SB 528. “They came from all over the state,” said Kari Hicks of Florida for Care. “There are people from Tampa, Sarasota, Miami and Jacksonville and have scheduled constituency meetings with their lawmakers.” Hicks said the group is targeting specifically members…

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The day that was in Florida Politics — March 16

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It was a day of announcements at the state Capitol. Morning broke with former legislator Joe Scarborough announcing that Marco Rubio was selling his Tallahassee home.   Details here. Rubio had purchased a three-bedroom/two-bath house with fellow lawmaker David Rivera in 2005. It has been a bit of a headache for Rubio. The two were unable to unload it when the Great Recession created a housing glut and they had left Tallahassee for new jobs in Washington. A bank had started…

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Matt Gaetz says he’s frustrated by Charlotte’s Web’s unsolved mystery

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz began Monday morning describing an “unsolved mystery,” how to get Florida’s first legal marijuana crop in the ground and begin supplying children afflicted with a severe form of epilepsy with medicinal oil to calm their seizures –- which can be fatal. “I sense an enhanced appetite for legislative review but how to inject the Legislature into rule making without creating more delay is an unsolved mystery – at this point,” said Gaetz. Gaetz was the House…

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As Charlotte’s Web struggles to the finish line, Rob Bradley promises to help

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“The latest challenge is probably the last straw for many in the Legislature,” said state Sen. Rob Bradley, sponsor of the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. “I expect the Regulated Industries Committee will have a serious discussion very soon about what we need to get this substance in the hands of suffering families” A regulatory structure implementing the law authorizing five licenses to grow marijuana and dispense medicinal oil was supposed to be in place by January 1. The…

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Charlotte’s Web challenge period ends March 24

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It’s coming down to the wire with the finishing line on the move. A deadline to challenge the proposed rule for the state’s medicinal marijuana law is March 24, according to the Department of Health, not Thursday. “The later date is due to the Revised Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs, which was prepared in response to the submission and rejection of a Lower Cost Regulatory Alternative,” wrote Tiffany Cowie, DOH’s spokesperson in an e-mail exchange. To review: the Joint Administrative…

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Senate committee hears about corruption inside the Dept. of Corrections

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Over the past year, the Florida Department of Corrections has come under fire for inmate deaths, allegations of abuse by prison guards, cover-ups, understaffing and officer shift issues. Today in Tallahassee, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee heard firsthand from some of those officials who have themselves come under retaliation simply by reporting such incidents. First up for the hour-long hearing was Doug Glissom, who works in the inspector general’s office. He mentioned the issue of inmate Quentin Faust, who complained…

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