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For Charlotte’s Web hopefuls, the scramble is on ahead of DOH license deadline

Published on July 7, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

The mood tonight is like an undergraduate’s finals week for a gaggle of commercial farmers hoping to grow the low-THC cannabis product Charlotte’s Web. Wednesday at 5 p.m. marks the deadline to submit applications for the first-ever legal licenses to grow marijuana in Florida. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health — which houses the Office of Compassionate Use, the agency in charge of implementing a 2014 state law authorizing use of the drug to treat certain chronic or terminal conditions —…

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Charlotte’s Web challenge dismissed; DOH ordered to respond to last one

Published on April 22, 2015 in Statewide by James Call

One challenge remains to block planting Florida’s first legal marijuana crop. And the Department of Health has a 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday in its effort to defeat it and begin implementing the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. Late Tuesday, Judge W. David Watkins dismissed the challenge filed by Master Growers. The order is here. Watkins ruled that Master Growers lacked standing to sue DOH over a proposed rule to award five licenses authorized by lawmakers to grow marijuana and dispense…

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More challenges filed against Charlotte’s Web rules

Published on March 25, 2015 in Top Headlines by James Call

A stack of court documents makes it difficult to see when epileptic children will have access to medicinal cannabis oil to calm their potentially fatal seizures. State Sen. Rob Bradley’s effort to provide growers more opportunities to participate in a nascent medicinal marijuana industry failed to stop more lawsuits to be filed against the Department of Health’s proposed regulatory structure for Charlotte’s Web. The Medical Cannabis Trade Association, a Delaware corporation, and Masters Growers of Sanford filed separate challenges Tuesday…

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4th Floor Files talks with Taylor Patrick Biehl on Springsteen, loyalty and Abe Lincoln

Published on March 12, 2015 in Top Headlines by James Call

Today’s chapter of the “4th Floor Files” talks with lobbyist Taylor Patrick Biehl, a fan of both Bruce Springsteen and Abraham Lincoln. Last year, Biehl and Dr. Jeffry Sharkey created the Medical Marijuana Business Association of Florida. Biehl has served as the director of governmental affairs for the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, as an associate with Uhlfelder & Associates, P.A. and on the staff of the Senate Community Affairs Committee. Biehl credits a former history professor with his…

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