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Some of the health-related cases that will go before the state Supreme Court involve ballot referendums, with issues including abortion and marijuana.
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The Georgia Board of Pharmacy began accepting applications to dispense the products in October. However, the DEA has reportedly warned pharmacies that dispensing medical marijuana violates federal law.
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State Office of Medical Marijuana Use Director Christopher Kimball offered the tentative timeline after giving a presentation about the medical marijuana program to a House panel.
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The University of North Florida poll sampled voters across the state from Nov. 6- 26. Of the 716 registered voters who participated, 277 were completed via telephone and 439 online.
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An administrative law judge found the $1.33 million renewal fee for medical marijuana companies to do business in Florida reflects the “plain language” of the Legislature's intent.
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Sanctuary Cannabis, one of 24 medical marijuana operators in the state, filed a challenge arguing that the health department's $1.33 million biennial fee is “wholly without logic or reason.”
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The National Cancer Institute award will fund a five-year study that will include 300 medical cannabis users and 300 non-medical users. Researchers hope to learn who would benefit most from cannabis.
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An administrative law judge issued an order allowing a challenge by Sanctuary Cannabis to proceed and granted an emergency motion to force health officials to provide info used to calculate the new fee.
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Some justices appeared skeptical of arguments that the court should reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 or older.
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The state adopted a rule creating a formula that set the renewal fee at $1.33 million every two years — more than 22 times the $60,000 biennial operators had been paying.