{"id":2077,"date":"2011-11-26T02:28:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T02:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2011-11-26T02:28:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T02:28:26","slug":"medical-marijuana-industry-news-november-25-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-november-25-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana Industry News November 25, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-november-25-2011\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida-legislature.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"florida legislature\" title=\"florida legislature\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8783\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-november-25-2011\/attachment\/florida-legislature\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida-legislature.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Proposed Medical Marijuana Legislation Sits in Both Chambers of Florida Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following up Jeff Clemens Florida House Resolution 353, Sen. Larcenia Bullard introduced Senate Joint Resolution 1028 several days ago.\u00a0 The potential for legal medical marijuana in Florida is still low because three fifths approval of the Florida legislature is required for the issue to hit the ballots.\u00a0 Passage of these laws would result in protection from prosecution for patients, caregivers, and physicians.\u00a0 Patients with children would be protected and not risk custody loss unless their behavior creates \u201can unreasonable danger\u201d.\u00a0 The battle appears to be a tough one for advocates to win as they are currently 600,000 signatures short of getting it on the ballot, even if they were to survive the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/2011\/11\/medical_marijuana_florida_senate.php\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this topic click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marijuana Vanity Plate Not\u00a0 a Hit with Nebraska Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A resident in Nebraska was trying to promote something a little different than what is usually on a vanity license plate.\u00a0 Frank Shoemaker was not interested in a Cornhusker or other sports team vanity plate.\u00a0 He requested \u201cNE 420\u201d.\u00a0 Shoemaker is leading a petition drive toward a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana.\u00a0 The director of the DMV, Beverly Neth, felt that it was promoting the use of a drug that is illegal in Nebraska and refused to issue the plate.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACLU <\/a>threatened to sue Nebraska\u2019s Department of Motor Vehicle on the grounds that Shoemaker\u2019s free speech was being compromised.\u00a0 Nebraska ACLU director Amy Miller stated &#8220;It&#8217;s purely political speech relating to a current ballot initiative. &#8221;\u00a0 The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca8.uscourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"> 8<sup>th<\/sup> Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> has previously ruled that license plates are an appropriate place for personal expression.\u00a0 The Nebraska DMV has since relented and granted Shoemaker the license plate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/162018\/nebraska-approves-marijuana-license-plate-following-aclu-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/162018\/nebraska-approves-marijuana-license-plate-following-aclu-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida-legislature.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"florida legislature\" title=\"florida legislature\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8783\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-november-25-2011\/attachment\/florida-legislature\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida-legislature.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Proposed Medical Marijuana Legislation Sits in Both Chambers of Florida Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following up Jeff Clemens Florida House Resolution 353, Sen. Larcenia Bullard introduced Senate Joint Resolution 1028 several days ago.\u00a0 The potential for legal medical marijuana in Florida is still low because three fifths approval of the Florida legislature is required for the issue to hit the ballots.\u00a0 Passage of these laws would result in protection from prosecution for patients, caregivers, and physicians.\u00a0 Patients with children would be protected and not risk custody loss unless their behavior creates \u201can unreasonable danger\u201d.\u00a0 The battle appears to be a tough one for advocates to win as they are currently 600,000 signatures short of getting it on the ballot, even if they were to survive the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/2011\/11\/medical_marijuana_florida_senate.php\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this topic click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marijuana Vanity Plate Not\u00a0 a Hit with Nebraska Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A resident in Nebraska was trying to promote something a little different than what is usually on a vanity license plate.\u00a0 Frank Shoemaker was not interested in a Cornhusker or other sports team vanity plate.\u00a0 He requested \u201cNE 420\u201d.\u00a0 Shoemaker is leading a petition drive toward a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana.\u00a0 The director of the DMV, Beverly Neth, felt that it was promoting the use of a drug that is illegal in Nebraska and refused to issue the plate.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACLU <\/a>threatened to sue Nebraska\u2019s Department of Motor Vehicle on the grounds that Shoemaker\u2019s free speech was being compromised.\u00a0 Nebraska ACLU director Amy Miller stated &#8220;It&#8217;s purely political speech relating to a current ballot initiative. &#8221;\u00a0 The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca8.uscourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"> 8<sup>th<\/sup> Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> has previously ruled that license plates are an appropriate place for personal expression.\u00a0 The Nebraska DMV has since relented and granted Shoemaker the license plate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/162018\/nebraska-approves-marijuana-license-plate-following-aclu-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/162018\/nebraska-approves-marijuana-license-plate-following-aclu-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[246,2040,344,2041,2042,2043,2044,77,9,2045,51,2046,1,3,2047],"tags":[2824,4608,2922,4609,4610,4611,4612,2655,4613,2631,4614,4615],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}