Broward County commissioners will finally take up a vote for a measure to decriminalize marijuana possession throughout the county on Tuesday. The measure, which was introduced by Commissioner Martin Kiar, had been in the works for some time ever since Miami-Dade county decriminalized pot possession in June. Since then, Key West…
Ray Strack worked as a U.S. Customs special agent on JFK International Airport’s drug squad in New York during his 27-year career. He constantly busted people — two per day on average — who were attempting to smuggle narcotics into the country. But today, the now-retired Strack is working to…
Just weeks ago, a group called Regulate Florida unveiled the “Florida Cannabis Act” — a proposed law that would legalize recreational marijuana — and began collecting petitions to get it on the ballot in November 2016. Now, the opposition has come out to try to shut things down. Antidrug organizations…
Michael Minardi is on a mission to make recreational marijuana legal in Florida next year. Asked how he would do that, considering that a ballot measure to legalize even medical marijuana didn’t pass in 2014, he says, “We’re going to use science, and we’re going to use stats.” Minardi is…
After coming two percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United for Care quickly bounced back to get medicinal marijuana back onto the ballot for the 2016 election. It needed to collect 68,317 valid signatures for a Supreme Court review and 683,179 validated petitions to get…
A measure to decriminalize marijuana possession across Broward County that was introduced by commissioner Martin Kiar is still being explored, the vice mayor tells New Times. After hearing of Miami-Dade’s plan to decriminalize pot possession in June, Kiar brought up doing the same before Broward Commissioners in July. Since then,…
Regulate Florida, a political committee that wants to amend the Florida constitution to legalize and regulate adult use of marijuana for recreational use, has been given the go-ahead by the Department of State, Division of Elections to work on getting their initiative placed on the 2016 elections ballot. This means…
Back in July, medical marijuana advocates United for Care shipped over 100,000 petitions to Florida Supervisors of Elections offices for Supreme Court review. Once the Supervisor of Elections verifies that petitions are valid, the Supreme Court can then schedule a review so that the initiative can start to make its way to…
Marco Rubio says that, if elected president, he will crack down on states that have legalized marijuana by enforcing the federal law. Rubio has a long history speaking out against marijuana legalization, though he’s never said whether he’s used it in his past. The recent comments came on Sunday on…
Hallandale Beach is officially the first city in Broward County that will have cops fine anyone caught with marijuana rather than arresting them. On Wednesday night, Hallandale Beach Commissioners unanimously approved a new measure that will make marijuana possession a civil offense rather than a criminal one. Anyone caught with…
As it stands, anyone in Hallandale Beach caught with 20 grams of pot or less is facing one year in the slammer, maximum. But that could all change starting tonight. After mulling over whether or not to have police issue fines rather than place under arrest anyone caught with a…
After coming two-percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United For Care regrouped and came charging out of the gate with renewed energy to get medicinal cannabis back onto the ballot for the 2016 election. They needed to collect 68,317 valid signatures for a Supreme Court review…
Give these weed fans some credit: they’re not quitting. In the 2014 election, Florida voters came painfully close to pushing forward a law that would legalize cannabis use across the state , falling short by just two percentage points of the need majority number required by law. But as promised,…
With Miami-Dade taking the first step in making it a civil offense for anyone caught with marijuana this week, Broward County Commissioner Martin Kiar is confident Broward isn’t far behind. The new measure, passed on Tuesday, will allow Miami cops to issue a citation to anyone caught with 20 grams…
Broward County is a step closer to having more lax penalties for anyone busted for minor pot possession. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously voted to draw up an ordinance to lessen penalties for anyone caught with 20 grams of less of marijuana — though the exact amount will still need…
Hallandale Beach might be following in Miami-Dade’s footsteps to have anyone busted with marijuana possession to have to pay a fine rather than get arrested. That is, if Commissioner Keith London gets his way. Just last week, Miami-Dade Commissioners heard from residents and public defenders on an ordinance that would…
Orlando-based attorney and pro-medical marijuana advocate John Morgan is once again putting his money on the line to get medical marijuana legalized in Florida, writing a $150,000 check to get things rolling. Last month, Morgan promised that he would match every dollar donated to United for Care to get the…
It’s looking like the strain of medical marijuana known as Charlotte’s Web could finally be available for medical use later this year. In April of 2014, the Senate approved the bill by a 36-3 vote, and Rick Scott signed the bill into law soon after. But CW hit a bevy of…
Even after the drive to get medical marijuana legalized in Florida fell short by two percentage-point in the polls, there still remains a strong backing for medicinal weed to made legal by many Floridians. But while groups like United For Care are pushing to get medical marijuana back on the…
Krista Eve Morton, 45, of Wellington, and principal of Mavericks High of Palm Springs was arrested Wednesday after police got a call reporting suspected sexual activity in a parked car. North Palm Beach Police arrived at the parking lot to find a half-naked Morton and an 18-year-old male student in the…
Scott and Marsha Yandell were growing 40 pounds of pot in a rented house in St. Augustine — but they were surprised to be arrested, because they had “patient ID cards” they thought allowed them to grow and sell weed for medical reasons. The card was issued to them by…
The Florida House of Representatives cut short their legislative session by three days on Tuesday, meaning that any hope of getting any kind of medical marijuana initiative passed will have to wait until 2016. A couple of medical marijuana bills had been introduced into the current session, including HB 683,…
