Action in Florida
United for Care -
People United for Medical Marijuana
| The United for Care campaign has placed Medical Marijuana on the 2014 Ballot!
Doctors should have the freedom to recommend the treatment they deem appropriate for their patients - including medical marijuana. Marijuana - legal as medicine under state law in 20 states and the District of Columbia - has been shown to be an effective treatment for the symptoms and side effects associated with HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Hepatitis C, PTSD, MS and other neuromuscular disorders, Glaucoma, dystonia, and chronic pain.
The American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association, and many other associations and organizations support the availability of medicinal marijuana.
Contact info: People United for Medical Marijuana * 20 North Orange Avenue, Suite 1600, Orlando, FL 32801
* unitedforcare.org/ * or call (850)845-0561.
ChangeTheLaw.org | The first thing to
understand is that when the
PEOPLE (you and me), want to
legalize medical marijuana
in Florida, is that
Tallahassee (those currently
in charge) have enacted
several rules that must be
followed exactly. The
current Florida State
government system makes it
difficult for the common
folks like you and me to
directly change our Florida
State Constitution.
However;
legalized medical marijuana
laws have now been changed
and adopted in several
states. Since 1996, thirteen
states have now made
marijuana legal by
prescription: California,
Alaska, Montana, Michigan,
Colorado, Hawaii, Maine,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Rhode Island,
Vermont, and Washington. If
they could do it in those
states surely we Floridians
can make our great state of
Florida number fourteen.
visit -
www.changethelaw.org/
If you’d like to see a REAL Medical Cannabis bill introduced, please ask your elected officials to introduce one. If they refuse, elect new ones.
Visit - http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/ - for info and resources.
The Campaign to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Florida
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Now the march toward the 2016 election has officially begun for supporters of medical marijuana in Florida, as John Morgan and United For Care submitted a revised amendment to the state’s Division of Elections in early January. Like the previous go-around, the Florida Secretary of State had to approve United For Care’s new petition. Before the new and improved Amendment 2 is added to the 2016 ballot, a little more than 68,000 signatures must be collected from voters throughout Florida.
After that occurs, the state Supreme Court will once again look over the ballot’s language to ensure certain legal requirements are satisfied. Upon the Florida Supreme Court’s approval of the proposed amendment, 683,140 signatures must be collected by February 1, 2016 to ensure the initiative is included on the election ballot. - See more at >>
www.forthepeople.com/featured-news/john-morgan-and-medical-marijuana/
Woman's Advocacy for Medical Marijuana for her Son Results in Investigation by CPS
A woman's advocacy for medical marijuana for her son, who suffers from a rare form of pediatric epilepsy, results in an investigation by the Child Protective Services.
Renee Petro's advocacy on behalf of her son resulted in CPS agents arriving at her home - where an investigator then isolated and interrogated her 9 year old daughter, and terrified the whole family.
They found zero evidence of Petro providing marijuana to her son - because she didn't. She simply advocated for the right to do so.
This is exactly why we need to go to Tallahassee - and why we need your support to get word out about stories like Renee's and her family's.
We are days away from our reporting deadline. Please contribute here in support of our efforts on behalf of Renee's son and all the other Floridians who are desperate for medical marijuana.
Every donation is matched by a generous campaign supporter, who wants to get more people involved in our outreach.
This story is sickening, but it's unfortunately not the only one. Across the state, there are people feel persecuted simply for wanting to give their loved ones the best care available.
We must stand with the Petro family and all suffering Floridians' families - and we must pass Medical Cannabis Legislation in Florida so parents, friends, and especially patients don't have to live like criminals.
Thanks for your support. Contribute >> here << !)
Ben Pollara
Campaign Manager
United for Care
www.unitedforcare.org
See more Contacts here.
ACTION; Get involved in the movement for safe and legal access to medical cannabis today. Our power comes from our collective action. Whether it's calling Congress, attending rallies, organizing a local activity or chapter, signing an online petition, or supporting federal defendants, take action today!
There are a number of medical cannabis (marijuana) bills in play in states across the US. Here we network on Ways and Means anyone can help with the effort to make each a medical marijuana state.
We need to get the word out and people contacting reps and officials and get this legislation into law. Also, lets not forget efforts at the Federal level.
NETWORK and Spread The Word, both On-Line and Off (!) ON-LINE, You can tell everybody in cyber-space by e-mailing a link to this website to them and/or (OFF-LINE> printing off the info and handing out where possible / necessary. Also phone call and read off and/or visit and hand deliver the info. You can take literature with you and approach businesses, organizations and even people on the street while you're out and about. Wear your pot-leaf shirt and register voters, as feasible. Gather signatures for any related petitions that are happening at the time as well.
This is a chain e-mail you can't refuse. Unlike most, this will actually help you - and a whole buncha others - just by passing it on.
Cannabis consumer or not - from the folks just trying to take care of themselves or a loved one to those who simply see the expensive, immoral waste of making war on the sick and dying - everyone is affected by this issue.
To accomplish this you need to first click on the following links and send a message to all the reps and media you can on the issue.
Then get everybody else to do the same. And follow up.
To do this you need to tell everybody you know.
And can confide in.
Then/or anonymously tell everybody you don't know
- or can't confide in. Yet.
Tell everybody else by Letters-to-the-Editor, displaying signage at street corners and over-passes (wear trenchcoat, fedora and sunglasses if afraid of exposure), and/or anonymously leaving literature and posting on-line at places where people are likely to find it.
Coffeeshops are good places to leave printed material and you can go to the websites of the local newspapers to post items as well. More ideas and supporting tools via the links below.
Inform, Educate, Activate
INFORM and EDUCATE. Distribute medical marijuana brochures and other literature to your friends, family, local leaders and elected officials in an effort to educate the public and garner support. Educate your community by Printing, posting and handing out Flyers and other Printables in a mall, coffee shop, laundromat, college campus, lamp post, telephone poll, business window (ask first), hospital, or anywhere people will see them. Contact these groups for some.
If you or your Organization is doing the same, please Post It or give us Feed Back.
NORML / A Page Just For You / Medical Marijuana Patients | This section is to help you locate the information you need to become fully informed regarding medical marijuana -- as well as play an important role in changing America’s misguided marijuana laws.
Printable materials and more ... visit:
http://norml.org/component/zoo/item/medical-marijuana-patients
Medical and Scientific Information about Cannabis (marijuana);
Flyers and Printables by ASA | Educate your community. Print and post these flyers anywhere people will see them.
... visit:
http://americansforsafeaccess.org/section.php?id=125
You can also print and hand out MPP's medical marijuana brochures to your friends, family, local leaders and elected officials in an effort to educate the public and garner support.
OUTREACH and Gather TESTIMONY. Ask your doctor, clergy member, local leader, or organization you are a member of to sign a statement of principle. One way to get that done is to download MPPs medical marijuana statement of principle, print it out, and ask your doctor or other individual to sign it the next time you have the opportunity. Then send it to MPP at P.O. Box 77492, Washington, D.C. 20013.
And TESTIFY. If you are a patient or caregiver that could benefit from such a law and would like to help advance legislation by sharing your story with others. Call in to radio, TV and other media; write LTEs and contact you legislators. These groups are helping with this activity:
NORML | Contact Your Elected Representatives And Urge Them to 'Stop Arresting Marijuana Smokers',
visit - http://norml.org/component/zoo/item/contact-officials-2
ASA Online Action Center | Take action online to make your voice heard! Identify your representative and send a free message using our online action center.
When your elected officials hear from you – and often – they are more likely to support our calls for safe and legal access to medical cannabis! http://www.safeaccessnow.org/section.php?id=69
Meet with Your Elected Official |
Meeting with our elected officials is very simple and very important. As citizens, they are here to serve us.
Start building a relationship with your elected officials using this brief overview to help you get started. http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=5681
Take Action! |
Get involved in the movement for safe and legal access to medical cannabis today. Our power comes from our collective action.
Whether it's calling Congress, attending rallies, organizing a local ASA chapter, signing an online petition, or supporting federal defendants, take action today!
http://americansforsafeaccess.org/section.php?id=137
If you or your Organization is doing anything similar, please Post It or give us Feed Back.
Just GOTV (Get Out The Vote). Register Voters, Publicize current legislation (and what folks can do in support!) -or- how "they" voted in the last effort. Gather signatures for any and all cannabis law reform initiatives while Informing and Educating the public. Not one going in your state? Start one yourself!
More Legislative Tips and Tools >
here <
and we're sure you'll come up with more.
LETTER The EDITOR (LTE). Write a letter to the editor in support of medical marijuana or cannabis law reform in general.
Writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper can be a great way to foster discussion about marijuana policy reform.
MAPinc Tips, Tools and Tricks ... for Old Dogs and New! |
Letter to the Editor Writing Resources, Media Contact
Resources; How To Get Drug Policy On the Air in Your Community,
How to write a Press Release, Media Contact On Demand!,
Drug Policy Writers Group.
plus, Additional Resources; Activist Tools, Community Audits
and Initiatives Project, MAP Virtual Conference Center (Our Voice/Text Chat Server) and more! ... visit - http://www.mapinc.org/resource/
How To LTE by ASA |
Write a Letter to the Editor of your local newspaper calling for safe access to medical cannabis. You never know who might be reading – a judge, policeman, or elected official!
Use ASA's LTE action site to find information for your local paper and submit your LTE online, using talking points we've developed. Visit - http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/182/t/571/letter/?letter_KEY=658
BROADCAST and PUBLICIZE. Help get the word out by downloading and sharing MPP's public service announcements with radio stations in your area. If you're a talk radio listener, call in and express support for medical marijuana laws. Even if the subject being discussed isn't explicitly about marijuana, many related issues can be a springboard for urging reform. For example, if the issue is health care, you can point out that treatment decisions are better off being left to patients and physicians than police and prosecutors.
ACTIVATE. Facilitate Meetings and Meet-Ups in order to accomplish all the above as well as Gather Contact Info and Get people involved. These groups have sign-up sheets for e-mail addresses:
ORGANIZE -and- EVENT.
Organize an event or action item to attract people in order to further Inform, Educate and Activate. Don't forget to alert the media!
Click > here < for Events in this region we're aware of.
Form / Join an independent group like a Patients Union or Network |
Patients across the country are forming Medical Cannabis Patients' Unions based on their shared diagnosis, needs or region.
The Unions are a support network for patients and caregivers to fight for safe access to cannabis as medicine! ASA has info here > Visit - http://americansforsafeaccess.org/section.php?id=137
So you want to have a marijuana rally? by NORML |
For a rally to be truly successful, organizers and participants have the responsibility to ensure that more is achieved than mass euphoria. Find out all you need to know.
here > Visit - http://norml.org/join-norml/item/so-you-want-to-have-a-marijuana-rally
Resources for Organizers by ASA |
Everything you need to be an effective activist:
handbooks, outreach materials, graphics and more.
Visit - http://www.safeaccessnow.org/section.php?id=116
FILMFEST. Set up a free screening of the award-winning medical marijuana documentary "Waiting to Inhale" or other film. If you are interested in hosting a screening of "Waiting to Inhale", please contact Marijuana Policy Project
(MPP) letting them know.
HEMPFEST. Set up a music, art or other -oriented event. Contact the folks at the Seattle Hempfest, they'll be happy to share how they do theirs.
VOLUNTEER and AFFILIATE. For example,
ASA chapters and affiliates represent the core of ASA's grassroots activism. If there is no chapter or affiliate in your region, please consider starting one today.
It's easy, and ASA staff will guide you through the process. Visit - http://americansforsafeaccess.org/section.php?id=137
Help Spread The Good Word About NORML's Important Work by:
- Printing and Distributing NORML-related info; Visit - http://norml.org/join-norml/item/print-and-distribute
2.) Join and Support Your Local NORML Chapter;
Visit - http://norml.org/chapters?layout=category&map=all
2a.) Start Your Own NORML Chapter -
Visit - http://norml.org/about/how-to-form-a-norml-chapter
DIRECT ACTION and ACTS Of CIVIL DIS-OBEDIENCE
Protest, Rally and Demonstrate
See above.
Court and Prison Support
Write to Medical Cannabis Prisoners |
Show solidarity and support for incarcerated medical cannabis patients and providers by writing to people on our list of medical cannabis prisoners.
Visit - http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=624
More Legal Resources here, and Legislative and Action Tips and Tools > here <
and we're sure you'll come up with more. If you or your Organization has any action items or ideas - for this region or in general, please Post It or give us Feed Back.
Meetings and Meet-Ups > Medical Cannabis Meetup Groups - Medical Cannabis Meetups around the world
| Find a Medical Cannabis Meetup Group near you
...
grouped by City and Country ... find the ones with the most people interested in Medical Cannabis Meetups in Florida ... international, national, provincial, municipal levels
... Visit - http://www.meetup.com/cities/us/fl/.
Health Law Services | is a
Florida law firm that
establishes the right for
those with debilitating
medical conditions to use
medical marijuana TODAY, and
in full compliance with
Florida Statute and all
other applicable laws.
Call 1-904-
240-4378, or write to:
10752 Deerwood Park Blvd,
Suite 100, Jacksonville,
Florida, 32256, United
States, or visit
>> m.healthlawservices.org/
Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy (CSMP) |
The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy is a Florida Political Action Committee founded to decriminalize the adult person possession of marijuana in cities and towns throughout Florida.
The committee is currently active in Miami Beach, Tallahassee, Orlando, Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach. For more information about a specific city’s initiative, please click on to the city’s page above.
... or Visit -
http://www.sensibleflorida.com/
Florida Cannabis Action Network |
Florida Cannabis Action Network is an nonprofit organization devoted to the reform of all laws associated with marijuana.
They provide legal referral, public education, activist training, first amendment support, press contacts, expert speakers, and motivation to the movement to change Florida and the Nation's marijuana laws.
Contact info: call (321) 253-3673, write to -
FL CAN,
PO Box 360653,
Melbourne, FL 32936
... or Visit -
http://www.flcan.org
Drug Policy Forum Florida |
DPF Florida members believe that drug related problems threaten our children's future and weaken our entire nation.
They promote scientific and truthful evaluation of current and proposed policies aimed at controlling traffic in all types of drugs. This web site has been provided by DrugSense and is used in conjunction with the DPFFL email list.
Features: Membership, Mailing List(s), News
Contact info: phone -
(727) 712-0614 ... or Visit -
http://dpffl.org
NORML of South Florida |
NORML of South Florida is seeking new members to join in the fight for medical marijuana and decriminalization in Florida. We're tabling at the Luna Star Cafe in North Miami 1st SAT, Museum of Contemprary Art on Last FRI.
Contact info:
3341 SW 35th St,
West Park, FL 33023 *
Voice (954) 303-9254
... or email -
normlsfla@gmail.com
NORML at Florida Coastal School of Law |
Florida Coastal School of Law encourages all aspiring attorneys and paralegals to get educated about the need to end adult marijuana prohibition.
Contact info:
8787 Baypine Road Rm 497,
Jacksonville, FL 32256 *
Voice 912-682-4509
... or email -
c836537@law.fcsl.edu
NORML at University of Central Florida |
UCF NORML tables every MON-THU in front of the Student UNion as well as bimonthly WED meetings. We work with Habitat for Humanity, hold a 4/20 celebration, Rock for Hunger, pond clean-ups, and petitioning for medical marijuana in Florida. We've been featured on local news and radio and regularly feature special guest speakers from NORML and LEAP.
Contact info:
Student Union 208 Cubicle MPO Box 163245,
Orlando, FL 32826 *
... or email -
president@normlucf.com
University of Florida NORML |
NORML Gators, University of Florida NORML is back! Send us an email and get involved with changing the strictest marijuana laws of any state in the nation (20g is a FELONY - even the feds won't give you a felony for that!)
Contact info:
c/o CSAI, J. Wayne Reitz Union Room 300,
Gainesville, FL 32611-8505 *
phone - 386-843-1194
* email -
NORMLgators@gmail.com
* tweet -
twitter.com/#!/NORMLgators * or Visit >>
http://www.facebook.com/groups/NORMLGators
Other Locals? Will be listed here. As we get the info. Know about one yourself? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.
In the meantime
... visit: http://norml.org/chapters/fl for the latest on NORML in Florida.
Benefits of Marijuana |
This book – a one of a kind tribute to the Divinity within The Marijuana Plant – is a brilliant scientific treatise aimed at the average reader, demonstrating the far-reaching benefits for body, mind and spirit to be derived from this ancient therapeutic herb.
Features: Publications, Merchandise
... or Visit -
http://www.benefitsofmarijuana.com/
...
Also |
DrugSense / MAPinc > Drug Policy Organizations, Links and other Resources.
Find a Resource near you -or- Enter yours!
... Visit: http://www.mapinc.org/dpr.htm
Organizations Supporting Access to Therapeutic Cannabis
As Compiled by Patients Out of Time |
Florida Governor's Red Ribbon Panel on AIDS - 1993. Florida Medical Association - 1997 ... Medical Cannabis Research Foundation (UK) – 2000 ... and more.
visit - http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Grouplist.htm
And, here are some national / international Resources - > here, and you can Read more >
News < by clicking here.
And bookmark this page to Stay tuned for information on how to change the law.
Push to Legalize Medicinal Marijuana in Florida
By
Rich Jones, News Director
@ March 31, 2009 |
There's a push by students at Florida State University to legalize marijuana.
Students are gathering petitions for a constitutional amendment. They'll need almost 700,000 to get it on the ballot next year.
Kim Russell is one of the organizers and says it could help her father with Parkinson's disease avoid surgery.
"It's a pain reducer. It's a neuro-protector, meaning it protects the brain. It has anti-oxidant properties. There's many medicinal purposes for it".
Thirteen other states have already taken some steps to legalize medical uses of marijuana.
Nine others, including Florida, could vote on the measure in 2010.
visit - http://wokv.com/localnews/2009/03/push-to-legalize-medicinal-mar.html
All Topics > Criminal Law > The Treatment of Pain and Medical Marijuana >
The Treatment of Pain and Medical Marijuana Florida |
Over the past fifty years, pharmaceutical companies have spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to develop a “non-addictive” pain medication that could also provide relief from acute and chronic pain, but without the risk of serious side effects.
Over the past fifty years, pharmaceutical companies have spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to develop a “non-addictive” pain medication that could also provide relief from acute and chronic pain, but without the risk of serious side effects. The failure to develop such a drug is one reason why so many people have considered alternative remedies to treat their pain, including the use of medical marijuana.
The medical community has recognized the benefits of medical marijuana for many years. In fact, major pharmaceutical companies actually sold THC (acting ingredient in marijuana) in their drug products
for decades until the federal government enacted legislation prohibiting the sale of marijuana back in 1937.
visit - http://guides.gottrouble.com/_The_Treatment_of_Pain_and_Medical_Marijuana_Florida-r1188339-Florida.html
The Third National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics | Legal Cannabis Patients - Irvin Rosenfeld & Elvy Musikka ...
Receiving Medical Marijuana grown by U.S. Government on Investigational New Drugs Program, two Federal IND patients speak to 2004 Cannabis Therapeutics Conference.
Irvin Rosenfeld, a stockbroker from Florida, has a rare bone disease that causes painful tumors and receives 300 marijuana cigarettes per month. Elvy Musikka has glaucoma and has smoked Federal Cannabis for 31 years.
visit - http://www.medicalcannabis.com/video/video2004.html
Florida's Marijuana Boom: House-Grown, and Potent
By Carmen Gentile / Miami Thursday, Jul. 30, 2009 |
California may be the center of the marijuana trade and the controversies over its legalization. But Florida has surpassed it in one important category: the Sunshine State is now the country's leader in indoor marijuana cultivation. It is a potent distinction because most of the marijuana grown this way is cultured hydroponically — that is, mostly without soil and with a carefully calibrated cocktail of chemicals and lighting — to create some of the highest level of highs on the market.
In 2006, Florida law enforcement here discovered 480 homes growing marijuana indoors. Last year, 1,022 grow houses were busted. "This isn't your grandma's marijuana," quipped a Miami-Dade narcotics officer at one bust as he tossed garbage bags stuffed with confiscated marijuana into an unmarked police truck.
Levels of THC — the agent in marijuana that produces feelings of euphoria, and in some users mild hallucinations and paranoia — have risen dramatically because of indoor techniques. Thirty years ago, most marijuana contained about 7% THC. Today, indoor growers boast THC levels of 25% or higher thanks to the additional care that indoor plants receive. Medical Marijuana Home Delivery,
The Great American Pot Smoke-Out;
More Related ...
Is Marijuana the Answer to California’s Budget Woes?,
It’s High Time,
Why I Would Vote No On Pot
...
visit - http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1913401,00.html
you can Read more >
News < by clicking here.
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Fort Lauderdale,
State: Florida (FL);
Country: United States (US),
Time Zone: UTC/GMT -4 hours,
Dialing codes: + 1 (USA) Area codes: 754 / 954.
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4
Legislation: Possession of 20 grams or less of marijuana is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. Possession of greater than 20 grams of marijuana is a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.
Law Enforcement: City of Fort Lauderdale police are usually too busy chasing murderers to worry about average consumer level potheads, but don't smoke in too public of a place or a crowded area. Stay away from the main strip along Ft. Lauderdale beach. Smaller municipal local city cops may be bored and looking for some stoned kids to mess with, such as in the areas of Hollywood , Tamarac, Cooper City, Weston, and especially Pembroke Pines (fuckers!).
But most of the county is patrolled by the Broward Sheriffs Office, which is an underpaid, under funded, lazy and corrupt work force. I wouldn’t worry too much about them, but stay out of slummy and ghetto areas where they like to pull white people over and search their car (i.e. Systrunk). Use your head and you should be alright.
Where to buy marijuana in Fort Lauderdale, FL: Some of the clubs and bars such as the elbow room on the beach will have some locals hanging out looking to deal to some out-of-towners, but those guys will most likely rip you off with some South American crap.
Downtown, Las Olas, and Riverfront are good areas to be social and meet some fellow stoners that will hook you up. Most in the Biz people are stoners so ask restaurant and bar employees where to hook up. Also, if you are willing to venture 2 or 3 miles, Dania Beach and Hollywood are infamous for breeding super stoners that can smoke you to the ground, probably because there isn't shit else to do in there towns but sit back and toke up.
Check out the Dania Beach pier area (although it’s also a secret late night gay hang out, watch out where you bend over) and the Hollywood OceanWalk area, OceansEleven beach bar, BU's, etc. Watch out for pesky French Canadians complaining about the quality of american herb (if you don't like it, go back to Montreal). Hollywood Beach is a colony of Quebec. Stoners tend to hang out in front of Haagen Dazs on the beach there, just look for surfer beach bum types, don't be too direct or they'll think you're cops!
Marijuana Prices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Regs: Crypie
1.5 g = $10 1 g = $25
1/8 oz. = $15-20 1.5 g = $25
1/4 oz. = $25-30 1/8 oz. = $50-60 (depending on quality)
1 oz. = $60-90 1/4 oz. = $100
1 oz. = $300-400
Fort Lauderdale, Florida marijuana Brands: Figuring that Port Everglades is the largest cruise ship port in the world and goes all over the Carribean and South America, you can imagine that we have quite the selection. Most popular is Columbia and Mexican regs, compressed, and you'll be pickin some seeds, but usually decent, compared to what the rest of the country is smoking.
Fort Lauderdale also has various homegrown hydro from local producers. Common strains are Hash Plant, Blueberry, Haze, and some krypie hybrids. If your lucky, you'll run into some awesome purple stuff from time to time.
City tale: Fort Lauderdale has been called Fort Liquordale for good reason, it is as much a drinking town as it is a smoking town, but watch out for pesky US-1 D.U.I. check points. Fort Lauderdale is also a fishing town and supposed to be the billfishing capital of the world with its annual competitions and boat shows and expos, so if you like stoned fishing or boating this is the place to be. Fort Lauderdales has also been called the Venice of America because of its many connecting canals and intracoastal waterways, it is almost as easy to get around by boat is it is by car.
Best time to go is in the Winter, because the summer is rainy season and well know for its hurricanes and fiercy thunderstorms. There seems to be a annual weed drought around the end of September to middle October, although local suppliers can fill that gap that smugglers tend to open up, but stock up in late August just in case!
visit - http://www.webehigh.org/city/detail.php?CITYID=2062
NORML » About Marijuana » Medical Use » Medical Necessity Defense
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In states where affirmative rights to use marijuana for medicinal purposes have not been enacted, individuals may still be prosecuted for growing, possessing or using marijuana for treatment of their medical condition. When these prosecutions occur, raising the "medical necessity defense" may provide a means of avoiding a criminal conviction.
The medical necessity defense is usually grounded in either a state's common law or general necessity defense statute. Regardless of its origin, the basis of the necessity defense is that society is sometimes willing to excuse or even justify conduct that would otherwise be illegal if that conduct was done to avoid an even worse or greater evil.
This defense theory reflects society's understanding that external forces beyond a person's control sometimes place that person in an emergency situation where he or she must choose between the harm or "evil" of breaking the criminal code or complying with the code and allowing an even greater harm or "evil" to occur.
In these situations, if a person violates the law in order to avoid the greater harm, the defense of necessity excuses the person from being guilty of what would otherwise be a crime.
The elements of a necessity defense vary from state-to-state, and from the federal standard. Generally, the defense must show 1) that the defendant did not intentionally bring about the circumstance which caused the unlawful act; 2) that the defendant could not accomplish the same objective using a less offensive (i.e. "more legal") alternative available to the defendant; and 3) that the evil sought to be avoided was more heinous than the unlawful act perpetrated to avoid it.
Under federal law, a defendant must establish the existence of four elements to be entitled to a necessity defense: 1) that he was faced with a choice of evils and chose the lesser evil; 2) that he acted to prevent imminent harm; 3) that he reasonably anticipated a causal relation between his conduct and the harm to be avoided; and 4) that there were no other legal alternatives to violating the law. See , e.g., United States v. Aguilar, 883 F.2d 662, 693 (9th Cir. 1989).
Necessity defenses are sometimes labeled "competing harms". Under such circumstances, the evil brought about from violating the law is deemed to be less than the evil which would have resulted from literal compliance with the law.
In the medical necessity context, courts must balance the interest of an individual in his or her health and welfare against the government's interest in upholding the criminal law. To successfully present the defense in this context, the defendant will typically be required to convince the court that his/her health is threatened to the degree that engaging in otherwise criminal activity is warranted.
Although the specific requirements vary from state to state, this usually requires a person using marijuana for medicinal purposes to show that he/she acted under the reasonable belief that the marijuana use was necessary to avoid serious medical harm. Medical testimony and evidence from a treating physician or medical expert is nearly always required to support the claim. Without medical testimony, a court is likely to refuse a jury instruction on the medical necessity defense.
Many jurisdictions also require that there be no other available options for the individual to avoid the harm. For example, in Idaho, the defense is not applicable where the compelling circumstances have been brought about by the accused or where a legal alternative is available to the accused. In other words, if a viable, legal alternative treatment to marijuana exists, the individual cannot claim necessity as a defense.
This issue is frequently the subject of pretrial motions and hearings, and may be hotly contested at trial. The prosecution and the defense frequently disagree about whether a legal alternative exists. Medical experts are used by both sides and the question is left for the judge or jury to decide.
Although the current law of necessity in some states technically limits marijuana's medicinal use to situations where individuals have no other alternative, the law is usually applied in a more compassionate manner.
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NORML » Legal Issues » Legal Brief Bank » State by State Medical Necessity Defense
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Below is a state-by-state look at the medical necessity defense. There are only a few states where the courts had specifically addressed the issue. There are cases in California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, and Washington, D.C., in which the defense was allowed.
There are cases in Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and (again) Washington, in which the defense was not allowed.
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Medical Necessity Defense for Cannabis- 1989 case of Elvy Musikka
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Elvy Musikka was a Florida woman with glaucoma who was arrested in 1988 for cultivating 6 cannabis plants. Musikka's physician was an ophthalmic researcher at Miami's famous Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute, he testified that “if marijuana were legal I would have prescribed it for Elvy Musikka's medical use in the treatment of glaucoma.”
Musikka's physician also testified that she would go blind without marijuana. The court allowed her to introduce a common law medical necessity defense. Judge Mark E. Pollin wrote in his decision that,
“This is an intolerable, untenable legal situation. Unless legislators and regulators heed these urgent human needs and rapidly move to correct the anomaly arising from the absolute prohibition of marijuana which forces law abiding citizens into the streets - and criminality - to meet their legitimate medical needs, cases of this type will become increasingly common in coming years.
There is a pressing need for a more compassionate, humane law which clearly discriminates between the criminal conduct of those who socially abuse chemicals and the legitimate medical needs of seriously ill patients whose welfare and very lives may depend on the prudent therapeutic use of those very same chemical substances.”
Later in 1988, Mussika would go on to become a federal marijuana patient as part of the FDA's Compassionate Investigational New Drug program.
She is currently one of four federal patients that still get 8 ounces of marijuana in the form of over 300 joints a month.
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The Laws concerning marijuana in Florida. By NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Visit: http://norml.org/laws/fl
for more.
Florida (FL) MJ LEGAL Resources, by NORML.
NORML Legal Committee members, and more for Florida, by NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
... Visit - http://lawyers.norml.org/florida.
Florida Marijuana Charge?
Free Legal Defense Case Evaluation on Florida Marijuana Possession Charges |
Florida marijuana possession laws are among the toughest in the county, and the penalties the most severe. With many states passing medical marijuana laws, there is a nationwide trended to decriminalize possession of pot. Unfortunately Florida has not caught up to this trend to lay off the harmless pot smokers. Simple possession of marijuana is still a seriously prosecuted misdemeanor criminal offense.
If you were convicted of possession of marijuana it is possible to be sentenced to jail time, even for small amounts.
Thought there is not a big risk of jail time likely for small amounts of pot, a joint or a blunt, any risk of jail time is enough to make most people very nervous. It is at a time like this that you need a defense attorney you can trust, to help you figure out what you are facing, and what you can do about it.
Our lawyers know how the Florida criminal courts treat marijuana offenses and can help you get the best possible results in court. Whether you were caught with a small personal amount or busted with plants or a large amount, we can help.
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Marijuana Legal in Florida? |
Florida Marijuana Laws.
Marijuana: What is it and is it legal in the state of Florida.
Marijuana is illegal in the state of Florida and is heavily prosecuted in the central Florida areas of Orlando, Winter Park, Windermere, Kissimmee, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Tuscawilla, and in Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard and Lake County.
Hiring a lawyer is a good idea if you are arrested or charged with possession of marijuana as it can be a felony if you are caught possessing more than 20 grams of the plant.
What should you do if you get arrested for Marijuana in the State of Florida?
If you are arrested in Orlando, or any other neighboring communities, call a drug charges defense attorney who is experienced in marijuana, cannabis or hash cases. Hiring an experienced Orlando attorney may be critical to the outcome of the case as you or your loved one may face driver's license suspension, probation or in some cases jail or prison time. If you have been charged or arrested for possession of marijuana or cannabis in Orlando, Windermere, Winter Park, Baldwin Park, Avalon Park, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Celebration, Kissimmee, or in Orange, Lake, Seminole or Osceola county, call us at 407-228-3838 or contact us via email today. Let our former prosecutors help you today!!
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Also, here are some national / international Resources -
LegalJoint: Florida Marijuana Law. A general overview of marijuana law in the state of Florida including legal implications for anyone cultivating, using, selling or in possession of marijuana or paraphernalia. ... New! Medical Marijuana Brief Bank ... Visit:
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Places that have decriminalized non-medical cannabis in the United States -
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Multiple places have decriminalized non-medical cannabis in the United States; however, cannabis is illegal under federal law. Gonzales v. Raich (2005) held in a 6-3 decision that the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution allowed the federal government to ban the use of cannabis, including medical use even if local laws allow it.
Most places that have decriminalized cannabis have civil fines, drug education, or drug treatment in place of incarceration and/or criminal charges for possession of small amounts of cannabis, or have made various cannabis offenses the lowest priority for law enforcement.
Contents: Map, List of States,
References,
External links ...
Visit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_that_have_decriminalized_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States
U.S. Marijuana Laws, Medical Marijuana Facts, Cannabis, Hemp | Provides U.S. Marijuana Laws, Facts About Marijuana, Marijuana Drug Testing, Drug Detection Times, Medical Marijuana, and Information About Your Rights ... North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon... visit - www.usmarijuanalaws.com
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updated and revised Congressional Scorecard. The Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade 'A' through 'F' to members of Congress based on their marijuana-related comments and voting records.
Be sure to vote and #TakeAction on election day in support of marijuana-friendly candidates and marijuana law reform! >> visit:
norml.org/congressional-scorecard/florida
FLA Yes on 2: This November, Florida voters will get a chance to vote on Amendment 2, which would create
an effective medical marijuana program in the state. United for Care — which led a 2014 medical marijuana campaign — has collected the necessary signatures to put the issue on the ballot.
The measure would require the Department of Health to regulate medical marijuana treatment centers, which would cultivate and dispense cannabis to qualifying patients who have been diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition and have a physician’s certification and a valid identification card. You can read the initiative language
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Citizens United For Care | Every day, more and more people are joining
the 2016 campaign for medical marijuana - and in fact, we're likely to pass 50,000 followers on Facebook this week.
We're regularly posting articles and news on the page that will help you keep up to the minute on what's happening. (Unfortunately, some of our opponents use our posts to spread misinformation about the campaign and marijuana in general... something we can use your help in pushing back on.)
Please take this moment to >> like our Facebook page here >>
- and then please invite your friends to do the same by posting a link to the page in your own news feed.
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You might have seen the news yesterday - but if not, we reached an important milestone: We now have enough validated petitions to trigger Florida Supreme Court review - which is the first major step in getting on the ballot. The other is getting another 609k petitions validated by the election supervisors of each county, something we are well on our way to doing.
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Drug Policy Alliance: Reform in Florida | State legislatures are traditionally at the forefront of policy change, serving as "laboratories" for new ideas and solutions. Drug policy reform is no exception: on issues of drug sentencing, medical marijuana, overdose prevention, and expansion of effective drug treatment services, many states are working for better ways to reduce the harms associated both with drugs and current drug policies.
... visit:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/statebystate/
NORML / A Page Just For You / Medical Marijuana Patients | This section is to help you locate the information you need to become fully informed regarding medical marijuana -- as well as play an important role in changing America’s misguided marijuana laws.
Select One, All States and Canada, Mexico, Europe, Other ... visit:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4482
DrugInfo - Medical Cannabis: USA > In Search of a Viable Distribution System for Oklahoma's Medical Marijuana Program ... Medicinal Cannabis: USA Federal: Legislation, Court Decisions and Commentaries States: Legislation and Programs. Click here for more.
Others? Will be listed here. As we get the info. You can also check the Events and News sections to see if there are any Items posted there. Know about one yourself? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.
ASA - Americans For Safe Access: Florida > Medical cannabis (medical marijuana) Advocacy resources in Florida
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Find resources on your state and federal law, how to become a patient, case law, regulations, and what to do when facing state or federal charges.
Does your state need help with legislation?
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If your state needs to pass new medical cannabis laws or change old ones, check out our Policy Shop to get started.
Start a Chapter, Action Group, or Affiliate
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No ASA resources in your area? Learn how to start your own Chapter or Action Group, or how to become an Affiliate. visit -
www.safeaccessnow.org/florida_advocacy
NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws | Medical Use by State. All States and Canada Mexico Europe Other ... See Map >> norml.org/marijuana/medical and more.
ASA - Americans For Safe Access: Medical and Scientific Information about Cannabis (marijuana) >>
Resources for Patients
| Discover how to talk to your doctor about medical cannabis, how to become a state-authorized patient, basic science and legal rights for patients, how to safely use medical cannabis, and how to get involved with medical cannabis advocacy.
Resources for Medical Professionals & Researchers
| The medicinal properties of cannabis are varied given the multiplicity of physiological roles of the endocannabinoid system, a ubiquitous molecular signaling system at which compounds in cannabis have robust receptor-based actions. Here is information regarding medical marijuana practice policies and procedures in your locality, as well as scientific and practice ethics information. >>
www.safeaccessnow.org/medical
Patients Out of Time is a patient advocacy organization with a universal constituency. They support the rights of patients to have a legal and safe access to the therapeutic use of cannabis. The mission of their organization, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, is the education of health care professionals and the public about the therapeutic use of cannabis. Their leadership is composed of medical and nursing professionals with expertise in the clinical applications of cannabis and five of the seven patients (two wish to remain anonymous) who receive their medical cannabis from the US government. Patients Out of Time is the only national non-profit in the United States that focuses only on therapeutic cannabis issues. Visit - www.medicalcannabis.com
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Join the Marijuana Policy Project! State officials confirm Supreme Court decision does not impact state medical marijuana laws. Medical Marijuana Briefing Paper - 2005. Until 1937, marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) was legal in the United States ... Hawaii enacted a medical marijuana law via its state legislature in 2000 and ... Visit: www.mpp.org/medicine.html
DrugSense: Drug Law Reform ... of Justice Statistics, State Court Organization, 1998 (Washington, DC ... Cannabis in Medical Practice: A Legal, Historical and Pharmacological... Visit: www.drugsense.org
American Medical Marijuana Association ... Medical Marijuana Farmacy | West Virginia. State registration program, Dept of Health and Social Services 907-465-5423. Colorado. State registration program (303) 692-2184 medical.marijuana ... visit:
http://americanmarijuana.org/
Cannabis Freedom Activist Network | Cannabis Freedom Activist Network's Guide To Cannabis Research is a service of Freedom Activist Network. Browse http://FreedomActivist.Net/index.html
to view the complete guide to Freedom Activist Network.
LegalJoint: Medical and Other Marijuana Links. A selection links to HIGH quality canabis web sites, related to medical or recreational mmj use. of Columbia FEDERAL Florida West Virginia Guam West Virginia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky West Virginia ... Willie Wortel Workshop. West Virginia Medical Marijuana Institute and Cannabis Club ... visit:
http://www.legaljoint.net/bust.asp
OCBC's Links Page. Organizations Supporting Medical-cannabis Reform. Americans for Safe Access(ASA) coordinates "...a nation-wide day of action to push back DEA attempts to re-criminalize medical cannabis! ... Washington Citizens for Medical Rights, sponsored a successful medical cannabis ballot measure in November 1998. "As a result, this Initiative is now State ... Visit: www.rxcbc.org/links.html
Excellent medical info on cannabis, Washington State's I-692 Medical Marijuana Law ... Greencross. Washington State based buyer's cooperative based in Seattle. Trailblazer in state ... Visit: www.seattlehempfest.com/links.php < for more.
Marijuana links. Popular Searches: Medical Marijuana Links. Marijuana Research Links. ... about marijuana, The Washington State Medical Marijuana Act CHAPTER 69.51A RCW This is ... an activist for medical marijuana. Chronic Cannabis Use A report on ... Click > here < for more.
Open Directory - Society: Issues: Health: Drugs: Illegal: Pro-Legalization: Marijuana: Medical Purposes ... to providing medical cannabis to those in need. Initiative 692 - Medical Marijuana - WCMR of Washington State ... use of medical cannabis in the state of Colorado. Medical Marijuana ...
click > here < for more.
Others? Will be listed here. As we get the info. Know about one yourself? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN FLORIDA |
Download petition online here: Link
This petition is sponsored by People United For Medical Marijuana. A recommendation from a licensed Florida medical physician will be required.
Medical doctors being restricted from recommending any remedy to patients that’s been proven safe and effective should outrage everyone. Such a restriction should only be allowed in the case of extreme danger to citizens or society. This certainly is not the case with marijuana.
In all of recorded history there has never been a single death from the ingredients in marijuana. In 1988, after reviewing all evidence brought forth in a lawsuit against the government's prohibition of medical marijuana, the DEA's own administrative law judge (Judge Francis Young) wrote:
"The evidence in this record clearly shows that marijuana has been accepted as capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very ill people, and doing so with safety under medical supervision. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the Drug Enforcement Administration to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance in light of the evidence".
visit - http://forums.ocala.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8651007465/m/5271080419/r/4161001419
www.myspace.com/FloridaMedicalMarijuana (Blog) * MySpace Profile - FLORIDA FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA, ... SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida, US
... visit -
http://www.myspace.com/floridamedicalmarijuana
Florida (FL) - Cannabis.com Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana ... | Florida (FL) - State of Florida, United States ...
Contact Us - Medical Marijuana, California Cannabis, Cannabis Clubs, Co-Op, ... Visit -
http://boards.cannabis.com/florida-fl/
Also, here are some national / international Forums -
Ganja Grocer | We are your Medical Marijuana Resource Center. Learn How to Become a Legal Medical Marijuana Patient. If you live in a state with Medical Marijuana Laws, Come visit our forums today! Visit - www.ganjagrocer.com < for more.
CANNABIS.COM - is based in california and focused on providing the best possible resources for future and current medical marijuana patients, activists, and supporters. MessageBoard Forum. Cannabis FAQs. Image & Picture Gallery. Medical Marijuana. Vaporizer FAQ. Advertising Information ...
Visit: www.cannabis.com
Cannabis Community Coalition. Forum for Medical Marijuana & Medicinal Cannabis Patients. ... visit: cannabiscom.blogspot.com < for more.
The Compassionate Coalition's mission: To defend the rights of medical marijuana patients and care providers through education and community participation. A nonprofit grassroots organization that helps build and support local chapters nation-wide, linking them with other medical marijuana reform organizations and resources.
Contact Information -
Mailing Address:
The Compassionate Coalition *
1500 Oliver Road, Ste-K *
P.M.B. #248 *
Fairfield, CA 94533-3473 *
(NOTE: When sending mail to this address, please be sure to write "The Compassionate Coalition" in the address line. Thanks!) *
Fax: (916)266-7455 * or Visit:
www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum
The Amsterdam THC Ministry, First Universal Church of Kantheism, is based on ancient wisdom, modern science and the enlightening and healing properties of the cannabis sacrament.
Their mission includes liberating the sacred cannabis hemp plant and the minds and spirits of those who do and of those who do not revere it. May we all enjoy the rich, abundant, joyful and awakened life that is part of our natural inheritance.
Visit:
www.thc-ministry.net/forum
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Welcome to the Cannabis Classifieds Want Ads. To buy cannabis for medical purposes is legal in some areas. Here you will find hundreds of medical doctors, professional growers, and prescription patients in need who want to buy cannabis legally but can't find each other. Visit: www.cannabisclassifieds.com/cannabiswant.html
Florida Event | Global Marijuana Marches -
23 cities from Florida have signed up one or more years since 1999.
See:
Arcadia, Boca Raton, Cocoa Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers,
Gainesville, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Key West, Largo, Melbourne, Miami, Miamitown, Orlando, Palm Harbor, Pensacola, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Petersburg, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, Vero Beach
pages by
Visiting - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Florida.
Global Marijuana March > Arcadia:
Florida (USA) |
* contact-
James Lyons
at
863-263-1892
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City info;
Google Maps, Wikipedia: Arcadia,
Wikitravel: DeSoto County, Florida
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or visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Arcadia,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Boca Raton:
Florida (USA) |
* contact -
Steven Jacobson
at
561-289-3459 *
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia: Boca Raton, Florida,
Wikitravel: Boca Raton
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or visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Cocoa Beach:
Florida (USA) |
* contact -
Jesse Sheets
at
321-783-8089
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City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia: Cocoa Beach, Florida,
Wikitravel: Cocoa Beach.
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or visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Cocoa_Beach,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Fort Lauderdale:
Florida (USA) |
* contact -
Philip
at
954 882 6846
* Link(s):
PUFMM - South Florida (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Meetup.com **
pufmm.org
- People United for Medical Marijuana - Florida.
Facebook: PUFMM,
C.A.R.B.-Cannabis Awareness & Research Brigade- Florida
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plus City info;
Google Maps,
WeBeHigh,
Wikipedia,
Wikitravel: Fort Lauderdale.
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Fort Myers:
Florida (USA) |
* contact -
Brandi Nelson
at
239-691-6435
-or-
Justin Scott at
239-694-1286
Link: pufmm.org
- People United for Medical Marijuana - Florida.
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City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia,
Wikitravel,
WeBehigh.org - City page: Fort Myers
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Fort_Myers,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Gainesville:
Florida (USA) |
2PM Rep. Larry Cretul's office --
Doyle Conner Building, 1911 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, FL 32608-1201
* contact -
Anthony Doe
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City info;
Google Maps, WeBeHigh, Wikipedia, Wikitravel:
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Hollywood:
Florida (USA) |
Secret Woods Park, starting 11 AM
* contact -
Steven Jacobson
at
561-289-3459
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City info;
Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel: *
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Hollywood,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Jacksonville:
Florida (USA) |
May 8.
* contact -
Organizers: at
904-866-8143
-or- Bradley Kirk
via Link: http://www.myspace.com/misfit904>myspace.com/misfit904
-or-
Robert Miller
at
904-400-3361
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Florida. Cannabis-related links.
/ pufmm.com - People United for Medical Marijuana - Florida. /
Facebook: People United for Medical Marijuana -Jacksonville, FL. /
People United for Medical Marijuana - Florida. /
MySpace: People United for Medical Marijuana
* plus
City info;
Google Maps, Google images, Wikipedia, Wikitravel,
WeBehigh.org: Jacksonville.
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Key West:
Florida (USA) |
Key West, Florida, Chapter of the Global Marijuana March.
There will be a meeting of the Key West Florida Chapter of the Global Marijuana March at 4:20 PM on Saturday May 5th. We will convene on the Courthouse Steps of the Monroe County Courthouse.
The PLAN is to march down Duvall St, until we get to US 1, turn left, and proceed until we get to the park, where we will disband.
Bring signs, banners, and noisemakers.
This is a protected Free Speech event under the 1st amendment of the United States Constitution. No permit is required, and none shall be filed for.
We strongly feel that having to ask for permission to do something that we are already granted the RIGHT to do is an erosion of our rights and civil liberties.
See you on the steps.
* contact -
Key West Legal Seminar. NORML.
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Key_West,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Largo:
Florida (USA) |
*
City info;
Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel,
WeBehigh.org - home page lists all cities.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Largo,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Melbourne:
Florida (USA) |
*
City info;
Google Maps,
WeBeHigh,
Wikipedia,
Wikitravel: *
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Melbourne,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Miami:
Florida (USA) |
May 7, 2011 Hollywood Boardwalk at the Bandshell
(Johnson St.) 2-5 p.m.
* contact -
Dail Adelman
NORMLSFLA@gmail.com
305 401 5776
* Facebook:
Southflorida MJactivist.
Legalize Marijuana in Miami, Florida.
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City info;
Google maps, Google images, Wikipedia, Wikitravel, WeBehigh.org: Miami.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Miami,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Miamitown:
Florida (USA) |
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City info;
Google Maps, WeBehigh.org.
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Miamitown,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Orlando:
Florida (USA) |
30 volunteers worked festival w. petitions.
Youtube search: Marijuana March. Add city name.
* contact -
Donna Drake
at
407-394-3307
-or-
Josh/PUFMM at
727-735-8270
Link: http://www.pufmm.org/
*
City info;
Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel, WeBehigh.org -
City page: Orlando.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Orlando,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Palm Harbor:
Florida (USA) |
*
City info;
Wikipedia: Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, Wikitravel: Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Palm_Harbor,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Pensacola:
Florida (USA) |
* contact -
Montaye Hill
at
850-485-8008 *
City info;
Wikipedia,
Wikitravel:
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Sarasota:
Florida (USA) |
20-30 in '09. March begins 12:00 noon corner of Fruitville Rd. and US 301/Washington Blvd. Ends at 2 p.m.
* contact -
Lee Garrison
at 941-359-0920
-or-
FLCAN at 321-253-3673.
Link: lll
*
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia and Wikitravel
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Seminole:
Florida (USA) |
*
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia and Wikitravel
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visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Seminole,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > St. Petersburg:
Florida (USA) |
50 people at Williams Park in 2010; speakers from NORML and PUFMM. May 7, 2011 details TBA
* contact -
Anthony Salerno
at
727-520-2695
or Link: myspace.com/tampahemp
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MySpace: Tampa (Tampa Hemp) | MySpace.
Facebook: Worldwide Marijuana March 2010.
*
plus City info;
Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel: St. Petersburg
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Stuart:
Florida (USA) |
*
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia and Wikitravel.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Stuart,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Tallahassee:
Florida (USA) |
* contact -
Susan Conklin
via
*
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia and Wikitravel.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Tampa:
Florida (USA) |
March w. FL.CAN, Tampabay-CAN, TampaHempCouncil Sat. May 1st 2007, 4:00 p.m
@ Tampa's D.E.A. office 4950 West Kennedy Boulevard 4:00 PM. Ends at 6pm.
* contact -
Todd Snook
at
479-616-8267
*
City info;
Google Maps: Tampa,
Wikipedia: Tampa,
Wikitravel: Tampa,
WeBehigh.org - home page lists all cities.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Tampa,_Florida,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Vero Beach:
Florida (USA) |
Pocahontas Park, 21st Street and 14th Avenue -- 4 PM.
* contact -
Organmizers by phone:
772 538 8494
*
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia and Wikitravel.
*
visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Vero_Beach,_Florida,_USA
ANNUAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA BENEFIT CONCERT
AT TOBACCO ROAD
HOSTED BY
PLOPPY PALACE PRODUCTIONS |
Usually On a Saturday, Ploppy Palace Productions and Tobacco
Road host the Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert
to raise funds for PUFMM’s (People United For Medical Marijuana), NORML
of South Florida’s (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws) and Patients Out Of Time’s medical marijuana campaign and the
protection of patients’ rights. Currently there is a statewide petition
drive to get the medical marijuana issue on the ballot to change the
laws in Florida. As part of this three stage extravaganza, some of
South Florida's top bands, spoken word artists and community activists
will join together for patients’ and physicians’ right to use medical
cannabis.
As a testament to the diversity of supporters for this cause, there
will
be a broad variety of musical styles including jazz, rock, reggae, folk,
vocal harmonies, hip-hop, funk, experimental, tribal rhythms,
traditional Peruvian, flamenco, world beat fusion, psychedelic grooves
and various interactive jams.
In addition, dancers will be performing a
variety of dance and movement pieces to energetic, rhythmic percussion
and ambient tones.
The Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert will also feature a
selection of community speakers who will present information about the
issues, representatives of PUFMM,
NORML of South Florida and other concerned citizens.
NORML of South Florida, PUFMM, Patients Out Of Time, ACLU of Florida,
Florida Green Party and various other organizations will have
informational booths with literature and handouts to help educate about
community issues and the medical marijuana campaign in Florida.
The event will work to raise funds and awareness for PUFMM, NORML of
South Florida and Patients Out Of Time’s medical marijuana campaign and
the protection of patients’ rights. Previously, a person's right to use
medical necessity as a defense to marijuana charges has been upheld by
several appeals courts in Florida. Marijuana has proven therapeutically
useful in treating numerous medical conditions including muscle
spasticity, arthritis, and the nausea related to AIDS and cancer
chemotherapy. Recently, the City of South Miami passed a resolution to
support medical marijuana on a statewide and national level - this is
the first city in Florida to endorse the issue. About 700,000 Florida
registered voters need to sign the petition in order for the issue to
get on the ballot. Currently there are 15 states that have laws
allowing marijuana to be used as medicine.
In addition there will be vendors and small businesses promoting and
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PUFMM (People United for Medical Marijuana) here in Florida, will be collecting signatures at the Susan G. Komen South Florida Race for the Cure. This will be a very well-attended event and it's an opportunity for all of you who call me and ask what you can do to help. Get out and collect signatures. That's what we need here in Florida. Talk to people, educate them and get them to sign the petition.
Follow the link at the bottom of the following email and make the commitment to do something for this cause. We need to get 700,000 petitions signed to get on the ballot. Do something, don't just sit back and wait. Make it happen.
The Annie Appleseed Project and PUFMM have joined forces to collect signatures at this great event.
The 2010 Susan G. Komen South Florida Race for the Cure® is going to be a great venue to not only collect signatures, but where we will assist in informing and education others about the benefits of Medical Marijuana.
If you haven't been to a Signature Drive [SigDrive] yet, then this is your chance to experience, participate, and get started with people who are "Experienced Veterans".
Please let everyone you know on your email list about this event. We need plenty of people to walk amongst the crowd to make this opportunity optimal...
PUFMM looks forward to seeing, meeting, and greeting all of you in the West Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
If you are in Miami-Dade County and have the time, room in your car, and want to participate in this event, please fill your car with people and drive to this worthwhile event. After, we may even head to the beach for some sun, fun, and additional signature collection...
PUFMM has a tent that we will be located under for everyone to drop off signed petitions and pick up blank ones to go out again.
Please bring your own lunch and favorite drink. There will be coffee and water available.
The information for exactly what tent and where it will be located is not released by the promoter of the event until Friday. Sign up and you'll be sent this once we receive it...
Click on this link to RSVP:
http://www.meetup.com/PUFMM-South-Florida/calendar/12443668/?action=cancelchange;
To visit PUFMM - South Florida, go here:
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NORML of South Florida
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HempFests | Street Fairs, Festivals and Farmers Markets - Music, Food and Stuff for Sale or Barter - any opportunity for activists to booth, people to gather and businesses to vend ... like any local versions of the Seattle Hempfest ... will be listed here as we find out about them.
Marches | Demonstrations, Rallies and similar Action Items any situation where activists are trying to educate or draw attention to - yet another - victim and people are congregating ... like the Million Marijuana Marches ... will be listed here as we find out about them.
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Medical pot push gains momentum
› Miami Beach voters overwhelmingly approved a nonbinding medical-marijuana straw-poll issue. Supporters now hope to win over the state.
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Miami Beach voters became the first in Florida to call for the decriminalization of marijuana for medical use in a Tuesday vote that gives a glimpse of statewide support for the issue.
The 64-36 percent approval jibed with state and national polls that show medical-marijuana support approaching 60 percent or more.
The nonbinding straw poll — calling on the city to ask the state and federal governments to allow medical cannabis — was so popular that it garnered about 1,000 more votes than the leading candidate for mayor, Philip Levine.
The group People United for Medical Marijuana, which is backing a proposed constitutional amendment to make Florida the 20th pot-decriminalization state, hopes Tuesday’s Miami Beach vote reflects state sentiment.
“It speaks pretty positively to our chances next November,” said Benjamin Pollara, treasurer of the Orlando-based group.
“This was a very low turnout election in Miami Beach,” he said. “It’s a relatively old electorate, and yet it still got close to 65 percent of the vote.”
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Update on Florida medical marijuana: Department of Health holds public workshops focusing on proposed guidelines -
Last update: February 14, 2017
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In February, the Florida Department of Health held five public workshops in municipalities across the state, providing an opportunity for the public to voice concerns over the proposed guidelines for implementation of the medical marijuana program established by Amendment 2. Unfortunately, the Department of Health’s proposed guidelines are too restrictive and inconsistent with the overwhelmingly popular Amendment 2, which was approved by 71% of Florida voters in the November 2016 election.
Hundreds of medical marijuana advocates attended the Department’s public hearings and argued that the proposed regulations would restrict access to medical marijuana and would limit the number of prescribing physicians. MPP submitted public comments criticizing the Department’s proposed regulations. You can read our submission here.
>> Visit - http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/
The Department of Health has until July to draft workable rules and may face additional pressures from the state legislature, which may pass a medical marijuana bill during its session, beginning on March 7, 2017.
Amendment 2 requires the Department of Health to regulate medical marijuana treatment centers, which will cultivate and dispense medical marijuana to qualifying patients who have been diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition and have a physician’s certification and a valid identification card. You can read the full text of the amendment here or read MPP’s summary here.
>> Visit - http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/
While the Department of Health is trying to curtail Amendment 2, supporters of medical marijuana are hard at work in the state house. Sen. Jeff Brandes (R – St. Petersburg) recently filed a bill to strengthen the medical marijuana industry by expanding the medical marijuana marketplace.
Sen. Brandes’ bill proposes eliminating the cap on the number of medical marijuana treatment centers and establishing four new types of licenses for growing, processing, transporting, and dispensing, as well as detailing a system for attaining medical marijuana ID cards and physician recommendations.
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Prior the passage of Amendment 2, Florida had a flawed law that allowed a limited group of patients to access marijuana that was low in THC (less than 0.8%) and high in CBD.
The first dispensary of low-THC cannabis opened in Tallahassee on July 26, 2016. The legislature expanded this law in its 2016 session by passing HB 307, which would have allowed terminally ill patients to access other forms of medical cannabis. A summary of that law is available here.
>> Visit - http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/
Decriminalization policies adopted across Florida
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Since June 2015, a new trend has taken root across Florida — several cities and counties have passed similar ordinances that give officers the discretion to replace arrests for possession of under 20 grams of marijuana with citations. These jurisdictions include Miami-Dade County, Tampa, Key West, and Orlando.
While this is a positive sign, in some jurisdictions, payment of the citation could still result in a criminal record, and some police departments have said that they will continue to arrest everyone in possession of marijuana, so caution should be exercised. For more information, please see our summary of the measures.
>> Visit - http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/
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Gupta: 'I am doubling down' on medical marijuana
This coming Tuesday (3/12), CNN is airing Weed 2- a second report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta in favor of medical marijuana.
Here's what Dr. Gupta wrote yesterday about the subject:
"It's been eight months since I last wrote about medical marijuana, apologizing for having not dug deeply into the beneficial effects of this plant and for writing articles dismissing its potential. I apologized for my own role in previously misleading people, and I feel very badly that people have suffered for too long, unable to obtain the legitimate medicine that may have helped them...
...[Weed 2] is about emerging science that not only shows and proves what marijuana can do for the body but provides better insights into the mechanisms of marijuana in the brain, helping us better understand a plant whose benefits have been documented for thousands of years.
This journey is also about a Draconian system where politics override science and patients are caught in the middle.
I am more convinced than ever that it is irresponsible to not provide the best care we can, care that often may involve marijuana.
I am not backing down on medical marijuana; I am doubling down."
This campaign has always been about access to care and trust in our own doctors over politicians. Dr. Gupta joins an ever growing list of medical professionals who are defending access to marijuana based on scientific evidence of its benefits and their own eyes, as they personally witness its effects.
Dr. Gupta's coverage brought awareness to so many people last year. We really need to spread the word about this show as well.
Please watch (and share the word about) this special on Tuesday - and if you can, help us fund our outreach efforts here.
Ben Pollara
Campaign Manager
United for Care
www.unitedforcare.org
Pot Opposition’s Smoky Motive
According to a recent Quinnipiac poll, Floridians support legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes by a whopping 82-16 margin crossing all party lines. Frustrated by decades of inaction by the Florida Legislature, citizens have taken it into their own hands to put the issue directly before voters through a citizens’ initiative.
The issue should be whether Florida wants to join 20 other states and the District of Columbia in making medical marijuana available to its residents suffering from debilitating illnesses.
Instead, those in leadership positions in both the legislative and executive branches are busy trying to prevent the issue from making it to the ballot by filing briefs before the Florida Supreme Court. Their goal is to have the Medical Marijuana Citizens Initiative removed from ballot consideration even if the necessary 684,000 signatures are gathered.
Over the past two decades, the Legislature has opposed addressing any form of legalization of marijuana; it has made a concerted effort to limit citizens’ initiatives; and more. >>
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Poll: 82 Percent Favor Medical Marijuana in FLA
Miami -- If a medical marijuana initiative makes Florida's ballot next year, it could pass with an astonishing 82 percent of the vote, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday that finds voters also favor outright legalization as well. Support for the proposed constitutional amendment is strong among voters of every political stripe, age and income level, with independents lending the most support: 88 percent, the poll shows.
The overall 82-16 percent support for medical marijuana is the biggest to date. The previous high-point for Florida approval was about 70 percent in a poll taken earlier this year by the medical-marijuana advocacy group, People United for Medical Marijuana.
There are some differences in wording between the initiative and the Quinnipiac poll; the amendment says doctors can "recommend" marijuana, the poll asks if a doctor should be able to "prescribe" it.
Still, medical marijuana is clearly popular. And marijuana legalization is becoming more-liked as well, albeit narrowly.
Nearly half of Florida voters favor it — 48 percent — while 46 percent oppose pot legalization for personal use. That's within the margin of error, but it's a leading indicator of a shift in public opinion. Support for legalization is again strongest among independents (57-37 percent), and then Democrats (55-39 percent).
But Republicans are opposed 30-64 percent. Contrast that with GOP voter support for medical marijuana is solid: 70-26 percent.
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Grimm: Florida GOP Leadership(?) fights yesterday’s war on pot
Last spring, in a burst of drug-war nostalgia, the Legislature passed a quaint throw-back law (32-2 in the Senate, 112-3 in the House) that outlawed sales of bongs and water pipes. In fact, selling any smoking device is now illegal in Florida other than a pipe “that is primarily made of briar, meerschaum, clay or corn cob.” Which is such a peculiar specification, it was as if legislators were puffing SleeStax X Skunk before the vote.
Meanwhile, 20 other states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana, eleven of those by statewide referendum. Most of those passed by more than a 60 percent margin. Perhaps something similar could happen in Florida, given that we’re stuck with the most arthritic, oh-my-aching-back/knees/elbows electorate in the western world. A group called United for Care has collected 200,000 names on a petition toward the 683,149 needed by Feb. 1 to get a medical marijuana initiative on the statewide ballot next fall.
This has not pleased the state’s attorney general, speaker of the House and president of the Senate, who have demanded that the Florida Supreme Court keep this measure away from the voters. Senate President Don Gaetz complained the pot petition appealed “to voters by using language that evokes emotional responses [that] are not appropriate for ballot titles and summaries of proposed constitutional amendments.”
Gaetz knows something about misleading ballot initiatives. As the Herald’s Rochelle Koff pointed out, Gaetz was one of the architects of a blatant misnomer called the “Health Freedom Act,” which was designed to torpedo the Affordable Care Act. Last year, the state Supreme Court said the Health Freedom act was misleading and needed to be rewritten. It was. And voters rejected it.
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More Miami Beachers vote for medical marijuana (64%) than leading mayoral candidate
Poll after poll has shown that about 60 percent or more of Americans and Floridians support medical marijuana, and Tuesday night's election results in Miami Beach showed it to be true.
More than 64 percent of Miami Beach residents approved a straw ballot question calling for medical marijuana. Now it's up to the city commission and the new mayor to decide how bound they will be to the nonbinding referendum, which asks them to urge the federal and state governments to decriminalize pot for medical reasons.
In raw vote terms, mayoral frontrunner Philip Levine is less popular than the medical pot issue. He received 5,639 votes last night; medical marijuana garnered 6,683. One reason for that: Levine faced four other opponents, the medical-marijuana issue was a straight up-or-down vote.
As for the future of medical marijuana in Florida, the real battleground is the state Supreme Court, which is reviewing the ballot summary of a proposed initiative that would legalize pot with a doctor's recommendation. Attorney General Pam Bondi has asked the court to reject the initiative, saying the ballot summary is misleading.
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Medical marijuana ballot initiative push begins
Medical marijuana supporters received final approval Wednesday from the Florida Department of State to begin collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would enshrine doctor-approved cannabis in the state constitution.
The medical marijuana petition now has an active serial number and backers can start working toward the nearly 700,000 signatures needed by Feb. 1 to put the issue before voters in 2014.
The constitutional amendment would allow patients to use marijuana if they have a “debilitating condition.”
Certain diseases such as cancer, glaucoma and Parkinson’s are specifically mentioned, but a doctor would have discretion to prescribe marijuana for any “conditions for which a physician believes that the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential health risks for a patient.”
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Medical marijuana introduced; patient advocate raided hours later
On February 27, 2013, shortly after Sen. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) filed SB 1250, which would exempt seriously ill Floridians from criminal penalties for using marijuana with their doctors’ recommendations, the bill’s namesake – Cathy Jordan – was raided by the Manatee County Sheriff's Department. Ms. Jordan cultivates and uses marijuana to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease. If you live in Florida, please email your legislators today and ask them reject this madness by supporting medical marijuana; they’d join 70% of Floridians who do so as well.
The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act, which has also been introduced in the House by Rep. Katie Edwards (D – District 98), would allow patients with certain qualifying medical conditions, or their officially designated caregivers, to possess up to four ounces of marijuana and grow up to eight marijuana plants. It would require the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to license and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities. Florida should stop treating the sick and suffering like criminals; ask your legislators to support SB 1250 and HB 1139.
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War on pot has gone up in smoke
The war on marijuana is going up in smoke, and it’s about time. There is no bigger waste of money and resources in all law enforcement.
Failure is too polite a description for the long campaign to eliminate the pot trade in the United States. A colossal flop is what it is. After four decades and billions spent, marijuana is easier to get, and more potent, than ever.
More than 40 percent of all Americans over 12 have tried it, and at least 30 million people smoke it every year. The most recent national drug survey found that 18.1 million Americans had used it during the previous month.
Pot is now medically dispensed in 18 states and Washington, D.C. It’s the largest cash crop in the nation’s largest agricultural state, California.
A legitimate pain reliever for cancer victims, “medicinal” marijuana is now available for an assortment of other symptoms, some of them conveniently vague and impossible to discount. It’s not terribly hard to get a prescription.
In November, voters in Colorado and Washington dropped the pretense and approved the adult recreational use of weed. Other states will follow in coming years.
Absurdly, the government still classifies pot as a Schedule I Controlled Substance, the same as heroin and cocaine. Federal law prohibits medical marijuana use, and the Obama administration has taken action against dispensaries in California.
It’s a lost cause, and an expensive one. Any true fiscal conservative should be outraged by the waste and futility.
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Cannabis’ demand is here to stay
First, acknowledging the obvious: It is time to end the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition and replace it with a system of legalization and regulation.
The ongoing enforcement of cannabis prohibition financially burdens taxpayers, encroaches upon civil liberties, engenders disrespect for the law, impedes upon legitimate scientific research into the plant’s medicinal properties, and disproportionately impacts communities of color. Furthermore, the criminalization of cannabis simply doesn’t work.
Despite more than 70 years of federal prohibition, Americans’ consumption of and demand for cannabis is here to stay. Voters’ passage of Amendment 64 in Colorado and Initiative 502 in Washington acknowledges this reality. These measures seek to stop ceding control of the marijuana market to untaxed criminal enterprises and seek to impose new, common-sense regulations governing cannabis’ personal use by adults and licensing its production.
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ASA News: Group Pushes Medical Marijuana in Florida * by Troy Kinsey, WCJB TV 20 News (October 18th, 2005) “The head of the national group advocating state regulation of marijuana use for medical reasons visited Gainesville on Tuesday as part of a college tour central to the group's strategy.
Marijuana Policy Project Executive Director Rob Kampia spoke to a gathering of University of Florida students, making special note of the Supreme Court's recent ruling upholding the right of federal authorities to arrest users of medicinal marijuana in the ten states that allow it.”
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Jaxfest: hunted in Florida (Article) by Christopher Largen (05 Jan, 2004) * Pepper spray and police harassment at Florida's hemp-friendly Jaxfest. “I sit on a beachside bench next to my friend George McMahon, one of five US citizens granted the right to smoke federal marijuana.
He uses it to provide relief from pain, spasms, and nausea. McMahon and I have just driven from Texas to Jacksonville, Florida. We've passed through plains and swamps, but we haven't left Bush country.”
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cannabisnews.com: Florida MMJ Smoker Seeks To Influence Court * November 29, 2004 - By Sean Salai, Boca Raton News. “A sickly South Florida man who has smoked over 3,000 ounces of marijuana on the federal payroll for 22 years said Monday he hoped his experiences with the drug would influence the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize it.
Irvin Rosenfeld, a Fort Lauderdale stockbroker with accounts in Boca Raton and a rare bone disorder, said he hoped his amicus brief in Ashcroft v. Raich would influence the Supreme Court to legalize cannabis for medical purposes. ‘Eighty percent of the American people favor medical cannabis,’ Rosenfeld told the Boca Raton News. ‘It is time the politicians realized this is a medical issue, not a legal issue. Stop fighting the war on drugs against sick people. It’s that simple.’ ”
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“Florida's Journey for Justice” (Article) * by Pete Brady (19 Jun, 2000) Med-pot patients march on prisons to protest pot oppression. “Across Florida the medical marijuana patients marched: past swamps, rusting railroad tracks, shotgun shacks and hog farms, dodging dogs in small towns booming with income from new prisons.
In wheelchairs, cars, recreational vehicles, even a scale model jail cell towed on a donated trailer, the Journey for Justice med-pot caravan sojourned two hundred miles in seven days of northern Florida springtime.
Thousands of bemused but friendly Floridians, in rural towns, or driving by on two lane roads, saw activist Kay Lee, wearing a striped prisoner's uniform, walking miles for justice. They saw Eddie Smith, a cancer and AIDS survivor, wheeling down the grassy roadside in sheets of blinding rain.”
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A Medical Marijuana Face-Off -
Anna Scott -
April 6, 2009 |
Sarasota Herald Tribune -
Marijuana is the only drug Cathy Jordan says helps her fight Lou Gehrig's disease. The 59-year-old mother smokes two joints every night to relieve depression and muscle spasms, and to boost her appetite.
"It's keeping me alive," said Jordan in an interview at her home in Parrish. "Anti-depressants made me a zombie and other drugs had bad side effects. The crime is that people like me can't get it legally."
Floridians could vote for the first time next year to allow marijuana for medical use. A petition drive, started last week by an Orlando woman whose father has Parkinson's disease, would make the drug legal for any condition as prescribed by a doctor.
The last time such an organized effort to legalize marijuana occurred in Florida was 1997, just one year after California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. But in Florida the petitioners fell hundreds of thousands of signatures short of getting to a state referendum.
This time the movement faces some of the same roadblocks, such as opposition from law enforcement and a lack of support by the majority of the medical community.
But the climate has become more favorable in ways that could shift the balance.
A dozen other states have approved medical marijuana since Florida last tried to get it on the ballot, and four state legislatures are currently considering proposals.
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Florida state considers medical marijuana. |
mpp.org — Anna Scott April 6, 2009 Sarasota Herald Tribune -- Marijuana is the only drug Cathy Jordan says helps her fight Lou Gehrig's disease. The 59-year-old mother smokes two joints every night to relieve depression and muscle spasms, and to boost her appetite.
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Marijuana Goes Upstate,
Florida moves into the number two spot when it comes to grow houses -
By Francisco Alvarado -
Published on November 07, 2007 |
View a slideshow from several busted grow houses around South Florida.
On October 18 at 10:22 p.m., Betty was watching television in the living room of her pleasant three-bedroom home in Lehigh Acres, a rural community of 90,000 that's about 12 miles east of Fort Myers. Her four-year-old daughter Nina was sound asleep in her room.
Suddenly the 27-year-old single mom heard the unmistakable pop of gunfire. It was close, too close.
Peeking through the curtain of her front window, she saw muzzle flashes and human silhouettes moving across the front yard of a house one block from her one-acre lot. She picked up the phone and dialed 911.
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Landmark bill targeting marijuana grow houses becomes law - MyFox Gulf Coast |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Tuesday that the Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act has been signed into law, giving Florida’s prosecutors and law enforcement essential tools to combat for-profit growers of marijuana.
The new law, sponsored by Senator Steve Oelrich (R-Gainesville) and Representative Nick Thompson (R-Ft. Myers), passed as House Bill 173 during the 2008 Legislative Session and was signed into law by Governor Charlie Crist Tuesday. The bill was developed because of the increasing number of grow houses operating in the state and violent crime which tend to be associated with these operations.
The new law makes it a second-degree felony to grow 25 or more plants, targeting for-profit growers who exploit Florida’s previous threshold of 300 plants. The law will also make it a third-degree felony to own a house for the purpose of cultivating, packaging and distributing marijuana and a first-degree felony to grow 25 or more plants in a home with children present.
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Florida's New Marijuana Grow House Law
Posted on August 14, 2008 by Ron Chapman |
During the last few years, I have represented several clients in both State and Federal Court who have been charged with growing marijuana plants in their homes. Therefore, I was particularly interested to learn that on July 1, 2008 a new law went into effect in Florida called the Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act. The following is a news article about that Act:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Tuesday that the Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act has been signed into law, giving Florida’s prosecutors and law enforcement essential tools to combat for-profit growers of marijuana.
The New Law.
The new law, sponsored by Senator Steve Oelrich (R-Gainesville) and Representative Nick Thompson (R-Ft. Myers), passed as House Bill 173 during the 2008 Legislative Session and was signed into law by Governor Charlie Crist Tuesday. The bill was developed because of the increasing number of grow houses operating in the state and violent crime which tend to be associated with these operations.
“Grow houses are not only furthering this dangerous drug trade within our state, they are bringing violent crime into our neighborhoods,” said Attorney General McCollum. “This new law will help protect our families and communities.”
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New Florida Marijuana Boom House Grown Super Potent Pot |
time.com — Hydroponically cultivated pot is more potent than outdoor weed and the Sunshine State is leading the nation in producing the illegal crop. California may be the center of the marijuana trade and controversies over its legalization. But Florida has passed it in one important category...
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Florida Bill Would Create Penalties Targeting Marijuana Grow Houses
October 03, 2007 by
Micah Colvin |
Marijuana grow houses are becoming increasingly common in the suburbs of Florida, and new cultivation techniques are making it 15 times as potent as marijuana available 20 years ago. The Florida State Attorney General Bill McCollum has teamed with state legislators in creating a
bill that would stiffen penalties for home marijuana growers.
Among other provisions in the Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act are enhanced penalties for having a child present in a grow house and having illegal drugs present in close proximity to children younger than three.
"As Florida's Attorney General, my priority is protecting our children and our communities from the devastation of illegal drugs," said Attorney General McCollum. "This legislation targets those who grow marijuana for profit."
Florida is second only to California in the number of grow houses discovered last year. Almost two-thirds of Florida's counties, 41 out of 67, had at least one grow house in their boundaries. One pound of marijuana cultivated with these techniques has a street value equivalent to a pound of cocaine.
Growing 25 or more marijuana plants will earn a new, tougher penalty under the Act. Florida's current definition of trafficking has a minimum of 300 plants, while the federal government considers a for-profit grower a trafficker with only 100 plants. For-profit growers have taken advantage of those limits in the past. Owning a house specifically for the cultivation of marijuana will result in increased penalties as well.
The bill also makes a provision for seized grow house equipment, which is currently housed for preservation of evidence, to be destroyed by law enforcement without any civil liberty after photographs or video recording of the evidence is taken.
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The Marijuana Situation in Florida (2002) |
In 1978, Rep. H. Lee Moffit spearheaded the swift passage of the “Controlled Substances Therapeutic Act,” a legacy of compassion in Florida’s legislative history. With nary a nay in either camber, Florida statutes 486.XX, was enacted under newly elected Governor Bob Graham. Floridians with glaucoma or cancer had legal protection from criminal prosecution. The bill was repealed after five years when legislative funding for a patient qualification review board was requested.
The process of collecting the petitions throughout the state has produced two district benefits. Signatures are power. Piles of signed petitions by registered voters, one per page, are tools used to convince candidates that their constituents support candidates who support medical marijuana. The second advantage of collecting the petitions is the opportunity to interact with the public and educate them on the issue.
The third prong of the original plan is to lobby the legislature. FL CAN’s If Not You, Who, If Not Now, When? Project has been created to combine the power of our grass roots support with a dedicated campaign. The campaign was launched March 21st timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Shafer Commission Report.
If you would like to join the If Not You, Who, If Not Now, When? campaign and would like to collect petitions see the Guide to Collecting Valid Petitions,
if you would like to simply sign a copy of the petition then get the petition.
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Informational Guide on Medical Cannabis |
If you have ever heard of the song, “Lets Go Get Stoned,” as sung by Ray Charles or Joe Cocker, you know the lyrics were referring to getting high or using cannabis aka marijuana. This mind altering drug goes by other names as well; names such as weed, pot, joint, blunt, hash and mary jane are quite common among users. Cannabis is a plant that contains a chemical called cannabinoids or cannabinolidic acids.
Another substance that is found in cannabis is THC, or Tetrahydrocannabinol, which gives the users that “high” sensation. When speaking of marijuana, the actual substance used in creating the high feeling comes from the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is considered to be a schedule 1 controlled substance today, because of the THC, which can be highly potent, depending upon the concentration factor of the THC.
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THE REEFER MADNESS ERA, REEFER MADNESS BOOKS (Info, History) By definition, it would be a contradiction in terms to list or classify a Reefer Madness book as a work of "Non-Fiction." Thus both genres are group together here simply as "Hard Cover" books; if only to distinguish them from the "Pulp Fiction" or "Dime Store novels" discussed elsewhere. However where appropriate the terms [Fiction] and [Non-Fiction] are used.
Please take note - This Index consists solely of those books that the museum has been able to locate and is in no way shape or form complete. It should be thought of only as a starting point. Visit: http://www.reefermadnessmuseum.org/
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LESSON PLAN:MEDICAL MARIJUANA - LEGITIMATE USE OR LEGALIZED ABUSE?
By Lisa Prososki, a former middle school and high school social studies, English, reading and technology teacher.
Estimated Time: Approximately 45 minutes/1 class period
Lesson Objectives: (1)
Students will use cooperative learning activities to discuss opinions about medical marijuana use and see both sides of the issue, (2)
Students will use decision making skills and strategies to render their own decision about the U.S. Supreme Court case related to medical marijuana use. Click > here < for more.
Medical Marijuana Pro/Con * Pros & cons on medical marijuana. Science, risks, policies, & laws. Should marijuana be a medical option? This site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format, responses to the core question "Should marijuana be a medical option?" Divided questions about the topic into the issues and sub-issues listed below. All individuals and organizations quoted on our site are ranked based upon our unique credibility scale. [Note: Although physicians and attorneys are listed on this site, they do not recommend or refer either.] visit: www.medicalmarijuanaProCon.org
Medical Cannabis (marijuana) News, Information, Organizations, Links. Resources and more. visit - http://www.medicalmj.org/
Factbook: Medical Marijuana
1. Since 1996, twelve states have legalized medical marijuana use: AK, CA, CO, HI, ME, MT, NV, NM, OR, RI, VT, and WA. Eight of the twelve did so through the initiative process. Hawaii's law was enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2000, Vermont's was enacted by the legislature and passed into law without the governor's signature in May 2004, Rhode Island's was passed into law over the governor's veto in January 2006, and New Mexico's legislation was signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on April 2, 2007.
2. The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on medical marijuana stated, "The accumulated data indicate a potential therapeutic value for cannabinoid drugs, particularly for symptoms such as pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation."
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Medical Marijuana Handbook |
This a draft by Todd. H. Mikuriya MD, a long-time advocate of medical cannabis, respected author and one of the medical staff at the San Francisco Buyers Club. Its patchy, and uncomplete, and acts only as a framework for Dr Todd to store snippets of info on various aspects of medical cannabis.
Marijuana as Medicine - A Plea for Reconsideration, is a commentary article written by Lester Grinspoon and James Bakalar, which appeared in the June 21st 1995 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Proven : Cannabis is Safe Medicine
by Ian Williams Goddard | In reaction to medical cannabis access referendums on the ballots in Arizona and California, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush signed a letter stating that they "categorically oppose'' access to cannabis for its many proven therapeutic uses such as the prevention of blindness and epileptic seizures. Their chief concern was that legal medical access would send the message that cannabis is safe. The presidents can, however, lay their safety concerns to rest because the scientific literature overwhelmingly confirms that cannabis is both an effective and safe medicine.
The Cannabis Safety Profile. The journal PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS reports that decades of research prove that, "Compared with legal drugs...marijuana does not pose greater risks." Yet based upon mortality statistics, we can safely conclude that cannabis is one of the safest medical drugs known, for, while prescription drugs, defined as safe by the FDA, kill up to 27,000 and aspirin up to 1,000 Americans per year, cannabis kills 0 per year. Click here for more.
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Is Marijuana the Right Medicine for You? | A Factual Guide to Medical Uses of Marijuana by Bill Zimmerman, PhD with Rick Bayer, MD and Nancy Crumpacker, MD, ISBN#0-87983-906-6 (Keats 1998).
Chapter 3: Why All the Controversy? What Does The Research Actually Show? is online at:
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Examine the pros, cons, and controversies of marijuana as medicine! | Cannabis is still sending “signals of misunderstanding.”1-3 The result is an exaggeration of beneficial or deleterious effects as well as occasional intermixture of medical science with other moral categories. This book deals with health aspects of the cannabis plant and the cannabinoids while mainly factoring out societal aspects. Some authors refer to social topics that require discussion even within the bounds of a narrow handling of medicinal aspects.
“Cannabis and Cannabinoids; Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential”. Edited by Franjo Grotenhermen, MD; Nova-Institut GmBH, Hürth, Germany and Ethan Russo, MD; Montana Neurobehavioral Specialists, Missoula, Montana. Hard Cover (ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-1507-7, ISBN-10: 0-7890-1507-2) $79.95
Marijuana Rx: The Patient's Fight for Medicinal Pot (Book) by Robert Randall & Alice O'Leary * This is a story of government betrayal -- a betrayal that continues today. But it is also a story of human courage and perseverance. Please take the time to read this book. Afterall, none of us are immune from the illnesses that marijuana can treat -- glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis and more. Some day you might need medical access to marijuana. We pray that it will be as simple as a doctor's prescription. Full text articles, news summaries, supporting organizations and states, additional resources, and information on medical marijuana. Visit: marijuana-as-medicine.org
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