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DeSantis 'Kneecapped' By GOP Allies In Florida For Veering From Trump's Immigration Agenda
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 3:41pm | 690Republican lawmakers in Florida dealt a blow to Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday by rejecting his proposed crackdown on immigration and opting to pursue their own legislative agenda. In a surprise move, the Florida House and Senate abruptly ended the special legislative session DeSantis called to...
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DOJ Disagrees That Gun Ban For Marijuana Users Is Unconstitutional, Is Inhaling Weed Safer Than Tobacco? And More Regs
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - 9:24am | 889Oregon Gov. Declines To Establish State Public Bank To Serve Marijuana Businesses Governor Tina Kotek (D) rejected a proposed bill that sought to establish a 19-member state task force responsible for exploring the potential advantages and drawbacks of establishing a public bank. Such an...
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Guns And Weed Don't Mix: Newly Legal Minnesota Already Got The ATF Warning Letter
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 9:17pm | 415The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives on Tuesday didn’t waste any time letting current and future gun owners in Minnesota, where Gov. Walz signed a recreational cannabis bill into law Tuesday, that they will have to choose between their guns and their weed. The...
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Marijuana Decriminalization On Hold In Texas, Marijuana And Guns Saga Continues & More Pot Regulations
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 6:28pm | 770Texas Senate Takes No Action On Marijuana Bills, Kills Legalization Push As Session Ends The legislative session in Texas came to a close on Monday. Senate members didn't consider House-passed measures to decriminalize marijuana, streamline expungements and allow doctors to recommend medical...
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Cannabis Movers & Shakers: Item 9 Labs, NORML And Others Confirm Industry Appointments & Promotions
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 8:46am | 657Experienced Exec Takes On New Role At Illicit Gardens Missouri-based Illicit Gardens recently announced that Kansas City native Jon Bond agreed to serve as chief revenue officer. Bond was one of the first employees of the cannabis tech company Dutchie. His experience is expected to help lead the...
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Federal Court: Gun Ban On Marijuana Users Unconstitutional In A New Texas Ruling
Monday, April 10, 2023 - 10:14pm | 582Recent Second Amendment cases have set a precedent for stricter scrutiny of gun restrictions, presenting mounting challenges for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in its defense of the gun ban on cannabis users in multiple courts. A New Case A federal court has ruled once again that it is...
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Controversy Continues Over Allowing MMJ Patients To Own Guns In Florida, Legal Action In Motion
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 2:06pm | 754In November, a U.S. district judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) and her co-plaintiffs against the federal government in which they were seeking to enable medical marijuana patients to buy and own firearms, ending a month-long legal...
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Medical Marijuana Patients Don't Have Gun Rights: Federal Court Rules On Nikki Fried's Second Amendment Lawsuit
Monday, November 7, 2022 - 10:55am | 833A Federal Court dismissed Nikki Fried’s Second Amendment lawsuit against the federal government seeking to allow medical marijuana patients to buy and own firearms. US District Judge Allen Winsor wrote in the Friday ruling that “Florida’s medical...
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Florida Lawsuit Around Marijuana & Guns Heats Up: DOJ Compares Cannabis Users To Domestic Abusers
Friday, September 23, 2022 - 1:58pm | 715The Department of Justice has struck yet again. As part of the ongoing Florida lawsuit on whether medical cannabis users should also have the right to own guns, got more comment recently when the DOJ claimed that MMJ users are inherently dangerous and therefore...
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Florida: Nikki Fried's Guns And Weed Filing Slams DOJ For Offensive Characterization Of Cannabis Users
Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 10:38am | 618In August, the Department of Justice urged a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit broughy by Florida's Agriculture Minister Nikki Fried, which seeks to allow legal medical marijuana users to buy and own guns. The government argued that it was “dangerous to trust regular...
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DOJ Wants Fed Court To Dismiss Nikki Fried's Florida Gun-Cannabis Combo Lawsuit: Weed Users' Judgment Can't Be Trusted
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - 10:44am | 344The Department of Justice asked a federal court to dismiss Florida Agriculture Minister Nikki Fried’s lawsuit that seeks to allow medical marijuana users from buying and owning guns. The government’s argument? It would be too “dangerous to trust regular marijuana users to exercise...
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Guns & Medical Marijuana Patients: Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Nikki Fried Has An Ace Up Her Sleeve
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - 11:47am | 491Last month, the Supreme Court declared that the individual’s right to carry a handgun in public for the purpose of self-defense is protected by the U.S. constitution, reported Reuters. A week following the landmark ruling the high court dismissed several cases sending them to lower courts for...
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Cannabis Reg. Update: Gun Rights & Marijuana In Florida, UK Police Chief Supports Cannabis Decriminalization & More
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - 9:17am | 990Florida Justice Department Responds To MMJ Patients And Gun Rights Advocates, Gubernatorial Candidate Nikki Fried On Why It’s Important Nikki Fried (D), Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services recently filed a lawsuit against the Biden...
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Why Did This Man Approach A Florida Inspection Station With One Ton Of Cannabis Neatly Packed In A U-Haul?
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 11:36pm | 385Authorities in Florida watched as a Michigan man failed to stop and enter Agricultural Interdiction Station 6A and submit for inspection of his moving truck. The man apparently thought it best to keep his cargo concealed. But that was not going to happen. When officials ...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Florida's Debate On Gun Rights & Cannabis, New Legalization Highlights In OH, PA & ME
Monday, May 2, 2022 - 2:39pm | 1346Firearms Rights & Marijuana: Florida Official Sheds Light On Lawsuit Around Legal Marijuana Users & Background Checks Florida’s agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried (D) filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration last month to shed light on the issue of medical cannabis...