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Coast Guard Offloads $26 Million In Cocaine, Marijuana Seized At Sea At Port Everglades
Nearly $26 million in cocaine and marijuana will not make it to the streets of South Florida or anywhere else thanks to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Nearly $26 million in cocaine and marijuana will not make it to the streets of South Florida or anywhere else thanks to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Nearly half a dozen marijuana bales were found near the Marathon shoreline Thursday.
With a hearing next week in the Florida Supreme Court, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow people to use recreational marijuana are disputing arguments by the state Senate that a new law should help block the ballot initiative.
The Florida Senate is using a controversial new law to try to bolster arguments against a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to allow people to use recreational marijuana.
Splitting from the Senate, Attorney General Ashley Moody's office says the Florida Supreme Court should decide whether a recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment can go before voters.
As more states legalize marijuana, new research is flagging a potentially dangerous link between marijuana use and heart issues.
A Tampa-based orchid grower seeking to enter Florida's highly restricted medical-marijuana market tried to convince a state appeals court Tuesday that health officials erred in granting a handful of medical-marijuana licenses to competing firms last year.
Hurrying to submit enough petition signatures to get on the November ballot, a political committee raised more than $4.8 million in December for a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana use.
As cannabis becomes legal in more states, a new type of wedding is budding. Some couples are trading the traditional toast for a wedding toke.
Since medical marijuana was signed into law three years ago, the market has grown tremendously.
Racing to try to get on the November 2020 ballot, a political committee backing a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana had submitted more than 57,000 petition signatures to the state Division of Elections.
Florida is likely just months away from officially allowing farmers to plant hemp in the Sunshine State.
Racing to try to get on the November 2020 ballot, a political committee backing a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana had submitted more than 57,000 petition signatures to the state Division of Elections as of Wednesday, records show.
The federal government on Monday acknowledged that THC products are "playing an important role" in the multistate outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and recommended that people not use vaping devices that contain THC.
The Florida Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up an appeal by Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration in a high-profile case that could change the way medical marijuana operators do business in the state.
A state appeals court on Friday allowed the Florida House of Representatives to intervene in a lawsuit that could upend the state's medical marijuana system.
Two medical-marijuana firms poured more than $1 million last month into a new drive to pass a constitutional amendment to allow recreational marijuana in Florida.
A question about legalizing recreational marijuana in Florida is a little closer to possibly being on next year's ballot.
Florida legalized hemp and now the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office is announcing it will no longer prosecute minor cases involving marijuana.
Florida House leaders should be able to participate in a lawsuit that could revolutionize the state's medical marijuana market, a lawyer for the Republican-led chamber told a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal Tuesday.
Florida's law requiring pot operators to grow, process and distribute cannabis and related products created an "oligopoly" and runs afoul of a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana in the Sunshine State, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard completed a massive offload of drugs Thursday which were seized at sea during a three-month-long operation.
Florida, known for its oranges, is now positioning itself to be a national leader in agricultural hemp.
The next time you hit the road here's something to think about, that driver next to may be high as a kite.
Generations of Americans have been taught that smoking endangers their health, but marijuana advocates say there's no comparison between joints and cigarettes.
The gunman and getaway driver were found guilty of carrying out the plot to kill Alex Vega.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Police told CBS News Miami that the driver involved remained on the scene.
Ellen DeGeneres will end her stand-up comedy career with a tapped comedy special at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis this weekend.
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The gunman and getaway driver were found guilty of carrying out the plot to kill Alex Vega.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Police told CBS News Miami that the driver involved remained on the scene.
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The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
An unfounded claim that election workers will invalidate ballots by writing on them is prompting election clerks in Florida to correct the record ahead of next week's state primary.
Trump has not appeared at an outdoor rally since mid-July, when a gunman took several shots, grazing his ear.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York to delay his sentencing until after the presidential election in November.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together to announce lower costs on 10 prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.
Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Broward School Board Chair Lori Alhadeff on a number of topics.
Jim DeFede focuses on the controversy with Miami-Dade Commissioner and former Doral Mayor JC Bermudez.
Jim DeFede focuses on the crisis in Venezuela with the director of the well-respected website Caracas Chronicles.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with the congresswoman on two major issues.
Jim DeFede sits down with Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava who is running for reelection.
Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
Florida cucumber grower used untreated canal water found to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, laboratory tests found.
Officials have been warning of a return to the pre-pandemic trends of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
Staring at an iPad screen too much may keep little kids from learning to control their emotions, a new study finds.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
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A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
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Taylor Swift's blockbuster "Eras Tour" resumed in London on Thursday after her concerts in Vienna were canceled earlier this month because of an alleged terror plot.
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft, died at 94 on Wednesday, her representatives confirmed.
"F-1 Trillion," the new album from one of the biggest pop stars in the world, features Post Malone's duets with some of the biggest names in country, including Luke Combs, Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen and Dolly Parton.
Steve Martin's next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he'd portray.
"To have all this taken away by some men being so fueled by hatred for no reason at all makes me so beyond angry I can't put it into words," one fan said on social media.