Flagler County Approves 6-Month Moratorium on Medical Pot Dispensaries or...
Flagler County commissioners said the moratorium is not intended to counter the constitutional amendment legalizing medical pot, but to give the county time to figure out what zoning and other...
View ArticleAnger Over Legislature’s Failures on Medical Pot Prompts Talk of Special Session
House and Senate leaders, falling short of implementing the voter-approved amendment, were unable to reach agreement on how many retail outlets medical pot operators should be able to run. The post...
View ArticleFor or Against Medical Marijuana, Seven Ex-Supreme Court Justices Explain Why...
Amendment 2, promoted as a compassionate effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, should be rejected – regardless of one’s position on the issue of medical marijuana, seven ex-Florida Supreme...
View ArticleMeet Tim Morgan, the Man Behind John Morgan’s Push for Medical Marijuana
Tim Morgan, John Morgan's younger brother, suffered a severe spinal cord injury as a lifeguard while trying to save someone, and suffered excruciating pain. Marijuana helped him. His brother has...
View ArticleOne More Time: What Opponents of Amendment 2 on Medical Pot Get Wrong
Opponents of Amendment 2, the proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Florida, have been spreading false information, exaggerations and scare-mongering. Ben Pollara, the campaign manager for United...
View ArticleI’m 67 Years Old. I Smoke Pot. And It’s Time to Make It Legal, Period.
If anyone thinks that passing Amendment 2 is not a step toward legalizing recreational marijuana, then you’re been ingesting too much of the wrong kind of drugs, argues Thomas O'Hara, who is voting for...
View ArticlePot Amendment: For Debilitating Diseases or an Open Door to Full Marijuana...
A briefing on Amendment 2, the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana: supporters say it'll help the sick, opponents claim it's flawed and will result in "a joint in every...
View ArticleSheldon Adelson Adds $1 Million to Fight Against Medical Pot Legalization
Sheldon Adelson had contributed $5 million of the $5,842,897 raised by the "Drug Free Florida Committee" as of Sunday. The committee also spent $1,254,013 in mid-October and reported an overall...
View ArticleFlorida’s Pot Legalization Forces Open 2-Front Offensive: Legislature and...
After falling just 2 points short of victory in November, medical-marijuana advocates will take their battle to the Florida Legislature, and failing that, will place the initiative on the ballot again...
View ArticleLight Up Again: John Morgan Files Medical Pot Amendment Language For 2016 Ballot
The revamped measure clarifies that doctors cannot order medical marijuana for children without their parents' approval and clears up ambiguity about what diseases would make patients eligible for...
View ArticleStupid Pot Busts
The conviction for pot smoking of a Palm Coast resident who'd never had so much as a traffic ticket illustrates the sickness of a police and judicial system's wrongheaded marijuana fixation. The post...
View ArticleCashing In on Pot: How Business Is Getting High on Marijuana’s Potential
The industry totaled $2.66 billion in U.S. sales in 2014, up 74 percent from $1.53 billion the year before, with expectations that the market will expand exponentially as more states legalize marijuana...
View Article23 lb. and a Gun: 2nd Pot House in Three Years Is Busted on Palm Coast’s...
Ex-FPC football player Daniel Epler, 21, was arrested after 23 pounds of pot, $9,000 in cash and a Cobra handgun were found in his bedroom at a duplex on Wheatfield Drive in Palm Coast. The post 23 lb....
View ArticleThanks to Elderly, Florida Medical Marijuana Market Could Be a $1.5 Billion...
Florida is one of four states best positioned to legalize medical marijuana, with the state's older population playing a large role in the industry's viability. The post Thanks to Elderly, Florida...
View ArticleAs Judge Calls Pot Laws “Harsh,” Sheriff and Public Defender Will Propose...
Flagler Sheriff Jim Manfre and Public Defender Jim Purdy will craft a proposal to de-criminalize pot and move to a civil citation program. The proposal will first be vetted by the Public Safety...
View ArticleGateway Drug Bunk: No, Smoking Pot Doesn’t Lead to Harder Drugs
Smoke pot and be merry. Cops' and politicians' claims that pot is a gateway drug is baseless fear-mongering intended to stop the legalization of marijuana. But it's time to dispense with the lie once...
View ArticleFlorida’s Tortured Medical Pot Law Regulating Nurseries Keeps Drawing New...
The state has spent nearly $500,000 on private lawyers to represent the Department of Health in legal challenges that have delayed implementation of a 2014 law that first opened the door for medical...
View ArticleFlagler Takes 1st Step To Pot Decriminalization With Broad Agreement on...
All of Flagler's major law enforcement and government agencies agree that marijuana decriminalization for first-time offenders is a good idea. The county next will develop an ordinance all can agree...
View ArticleOpponents of Medical Pot Legalization Awaken from Slumber With Warning Video
The video, posted online by the "Vote No on 2 Campaign" alleges the measure would lead to a plethora of "pot shops" similar to the marijuana industry in California. The post Opponents of Medical Pot...
View ArticleFlagler’s Pot De-Criminalization Proposal Wilts, But Narrower Version Still...
A work group meeting Tuesday to craft an ordinance raised more questions and objections than showed agreement, though the proposal is still moving forward in a much narrower version, and has many...
View ArticleFlagler Judge Gives Pot Plan a Lift, But Council And Whiff of Politics Again...
The proposal would reduce the penalty for first-time possession of pot to a $250 fine rather than a criminal charge, but it'll be at least another month before the proposal gets out of a council, if...
View ArticleIn Latest Delay, Flagler’s Civil Citation Proposal for Pot Users Will Wait...
Though recommended for approval in Flagler County by a key law enforcement, judicial and government panel, the de-criminalization proposal and judicial panel, the proposal will wait until after the...
View ArticleFlorida Push to Legalize Medical Marijuana Gets $1 Million Boost, Aiding...
It's the largest single contribution received by supporters of Amendment 2 and comes as the battle over the constitutional question heats up in advance of the Nov. 8 election. The post Florida Push to...
View ArticleLegalizing Recreational Pot Key Issue For Florida Democrats’ Gubernatorial...
John Morgan calls recreational weed a make-or-break issue for Democratic candidates seeking to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Rick Scott. The post Legalizing Recreational Pot Key Issue For Florida...
View ArticlePolitical Committee Forms to Oppose 2020 Marijuana Legalization Ballot...
Organizers of Floridians Against Recreational Marijuana, or FARM, issued a news release Friday announcing the formation of the political committee, aimed at combating “the mega-marijuana, out-of-state...
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