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Implementation of medical marijuana amendment brings together unlikely allies

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With establishment lobbyists now representing it, the medical marijuana cause appears to have become—grab your pearls—respectable. Florida for Care, the nonprofit organizationĀ that is advocating for “well-regulated” medicinal pot in the state, has hiredĀ Brecht Heuchan and The Mayernick Group to advocate forĀ its interests. Heuchan, who says he voted against the medical marijuanaĀ constitutional amendment this November, has worked for Gov. Rick Scott’s Let’s Get to WorkĀ PAC. He’ll lobby the executive agencies. “I didn’t want Florida to be like California but my vote…

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Medical marijuana advocates up in arms over Jeff Sessions

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The head of a medical marijuana advocacy group is criticizing President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Jeff SessionsĀ for U.S. Attorney General. Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, said in an email Friday that the Republican Sessions ā€œhas criticized the morality of cannabis users and has stated that cannabis is more harmful than alcohol.ā€ Sessions, a former federal prosecutor, once ā€œrebutted (President) Obama’s observation that marijuana is safer than alcohol by citing a renowned expert on substance abuse: ā€˜Lady…

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