Medical Marijuana Bill Clears First Hurdle In House
A bill that would legalize low-THC marijuana for medical use cleared its first hurdle in the Florida House.
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A bill that would legalize low-THC marijuana for medical use cleared its first hurdle in the Florida House.
Lobbyist Ron Watson has worked for doctors and dentists for the past two decades. But starting Monday, he went on a mission.
In the latest twist in a debate about legalizing marijuana in Florida, Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, filed a bill that would allow the recreational use of marijuana.
Florida voters will decide the medical marijuana question in November. Jim discusses the controversial issue with the group that gathered the signatures to get medical marijuana on the ballot, and with the coalition organized against the ballot measure.
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The legalization of medical marijuana will go before Florida voters this year, but for its backers, getting to this point has come with a heavy cost.
Two Democratic lawmakers have filed bills (SB 962 and HB 859) to legalize medical marijuana in Florida.
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A major marijuana operation has been discovered in southwest Miami-Dade. Overnight police raided three homes believed to be used to grow the illegal weed.
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Three people were arrested after Miami-Dade Police discovered a marijuana hydroponics lab inside a home.
The details surrounding the arrest of Justin Bieber last Thursday on Miami Beach began to come into focus Wednesday in documents obtained exclusively by CBS4.
The uphill battle for backers of a non-euphoric strain of cannabis that helps reduce seizures in children may be getting even steeper.
The Florida Supreme Court has approved a medical marijuana ballot initiative for the November election.
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Medical marijuana proponents cleared a major hurdle Friday by surpassing the number of signatures required to make it on the November ballot.
International pop star Justin Bieber was released Thursday afternoon after he was arrested on Miami Beach for DUI and drag-racing early Thursday morning.
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A constitutional amendment for medical marijuana in the Sunshine State will make the 2014 ballot.
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Miami-Dade Police said the 15-year-old was shot in the shoulder.
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Miami-Dade Police say they were trying to take Kevin Paul Prater into custody when he sped off with his father.
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Jim devotes the entire half hour to an interview with Miami State Representative Danny Perez who was sworn in this week as the Speaker of the Florida House.
Jim devotes the entire half hour to an interview with Miami State Representative Danny Perez who was sworn in this week as the Speaker of the Florida House.
As the nation prepares for a Trump presidency in which Republicans control both the House and the Senate, Jim interviews leaders on both sides of the political landscape.
Jim interviews Rosanna "Rosie" Cordero-Stutz who was elected this week as the sheriff of Miami-Dade; and Jim talks to the executive director of the Florida Women's Freedom Coalition about what's next for abortion in Florida.
Jim and his guests focus on the early voting numbers we are seeing locally and statewide, specifically the impact the huge Republican turnout thus far might have once all the votes are counted.
Jim sits down with key stakeholders in some of Florida's most contentious ballot initiatives.
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