In the week the Super Bowl is being played by two cities (Seattle, Denver) in states that legalize pot, Florida just got that much closer to being a part of the blaze. The Florida Supreme Court has approved to have a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana be put on…
In what is pretty much the least shocking news item you’ll read all day, Gov. Rick Scott says he’ll vote against the legalization of medical marijuana should it make it to the 2014 ballot. And while 80 percent of Floridians are for the legalization of medical marijuana and Scott’s popularity…
The push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida is one step closer today, as the People United for Medical Marijuana (United for Care) are claiming that they have officially collected 1.1 million petitions. Last week, New Times reported that the group thought it had reached the 1.1 million mark. An…
Orlando-based attorney and pro-medical marijuana advocate John Morgan has put $2.8 million into the effort to get the legalization of medical marijuana on the Florida ballot come November. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Morgan has given the folks at United for Care a $909,000 loan to advance the effort. Morgan…
The push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida is nearing its final days, and the group responsible for collecting the petitions to force a vote in November is driving hard to the hoop to make that happen. United for Care, the group behind the massive petition drive, has until February…
According to campaign-finance reports for November, lawyer and pro-medical marijuana advocate John Morgan has put more than $500 grand into the People United for Medical Marijuana campaign. All told, he’s put in about $972,125, bringing this thing almost to a cool million. Meanwhile, United for Care is launching its “day…
Today is pretty much Super Bowl Sunday for the medical marijuana issues here in Florida, at least for the next year. The state Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday over the 75 words proponents want to include on next year’s ballot, an initiative that would open the doors…
Former Florida Governor and Currently Running To Be Florida Governor Again, Charlie Crist, says that the movement to legalize marijuana is “an issue of compassion.” Crist appeared on WJCT radio this week to talk up his running for office when host Melissa Ross asked him about the push to have…
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is looking to move forward on creating a new controlled substances code number for marijuana extract. The extract, known as butane hash oil (or BHO) — and also known on the streets as “wax,” or “dabs” — is jacked up with concentrated levels of tetrahydrocannabino…
The Kayla Mendoza “2 drunk 2 care” story is tragic. And, as anything this senseless and calamitous is prone to do, it has brought up a lot of passionate opinions, anger, and outrage. Most notably, people have taken to the comments in our original post of this story to debate…
God’s green plant now has a friend in cable television as the new show Cannabis Planet TV debuts on several stations across the United States, including South Florida’s WHDT. The man who is partly responsible for getting it aired is Palm Beach pot activist and convicted smuggler Robert Platshorn, who…
With the worst-kept secret in Florida politics becoming official with Charlie Crist announcing his run to be Florida’s governor (again!), the questions begin. Namely, now that he’s a Democrat, where does he stand on things he stood against when he was a Republican? More to the point, where does he…
Looks like medical weed will finally have its day, as the Florida Supreme Court has set a date to hear arguments about whether a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana should be put on the ballot next November. The arguments have been set for December 5. Florida GOPers, for…
With 70 percent of Floridians approving the legalizing of medical marijuana, and a drive to get it on the ballot next November as a constitutional amendment garnering over 100,000 signatures, it’s safe to assume that Florida is as close as it has ever been to becoming the 21st state to…
Dylan Harrison and John Shealey, the head honchos behind Mr. Nice Guy, one of the largest synthetic-weed operations, received reduced prison sentences on Wednesday. Both men were facing serious time after being charged for unlawful distribution of controlled substance analogs. Just a few months ago, Harrison agreed to a plea…
Working as a lifeguard in South Florida is more than just about keeping your eyes open in case somebody drowns. It’s also about keeping your eyes open in case drugs wash up on shore. And, at around 11:45 a.m. Monday morning, Gulfstream Park lifeguards earned their pay when they spotted…
The United For Care Campaign, a group run by People United for Medical Marijuana, is looking to get legalized medical marijuana on the ballot in Florida in November of 2014 as a Constitutional Amendment. And they are looking to hire a few hard working folks to help them do it…
Ex-crackhead Rep. Darryl Rouson, who sponsored the bill that eventually became the “bong ban” law on Monday, is unhappy about how watered down it turned out to be, when all was said and done. Rouson believes that The Pot is a gateway drug to things like The Crack. Therefore, he…
Today, the much ballyhooed Florida ban on smoking devices goes into effect. The legislation — the brainchild of ardent antidrug Rep. Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg — has been drumming up a lot of controversy since it was introduced at the start of the session. The original provision basically wanted…
Hey, smoke heads: chill. Seriously. It’s going to be okay. Trust us There’s a lot of paranoid chatter out on the interwebs about the fallout from yesterday’s passage in the Florida house of the bong ban. It’s understandable. Basically everyone wants to know WHAT IT ALL MEANS? CAN I STILL…
This week, the news out of the state legislature was the slam-dunk success of the bong ban. If the Senate pushes through the legislation as well, it means you’ll have to truck over the state line to arm up on smoking supplies. For smoke shop owners, it’s a possible kill-shot…
Bad news, potheads. The House voted 112-3 on a bill that bans the sale bongs and pipes that could be used to smoke marijuana. Ex-crackhead Rep. Darryl Rouson believes that The Pot is a gateway drug to things like The Crack. Therefore, he sponsored the bill to ban all bongs,…
