GOP Support for Medical Cannabis
As marijuana activism continues to grow in the U.S., more states are starting to feel the pressure for drug reform. This starts with cannabis. Medical marijuana is becoming a bipartisan issue, and that’s simply a fact. Medical marijuana users, who range from children with seizures to war veterans with PTSD, are making their voices heard to Kansas lawmakers about the benefits of this drug. With enough people coming forward to support medical marijuana, Kansans just might get what they deserve.
One of the veterans who spoke was Todd Scattini. He claimed marijuana has minimized the chronic pain he still experiences from military drills and helped with his night terrors. “There’s a lot of survivor’s guilt and I suffer from that as well. A lot of people spend their time asking, ‘Why did my buddy go, who was a way better person than me, and I’m still here?’ So there’s a lot of nightmares and anxiety and depression, bad dreams and negativ
Anticipating that a proposed state bill requiring all live-aboard boaters in the Florida Keys to move their boats every three months will pass, Key West city officials are discussing ways to mitigate the impact on local boat owners living âon the hook.â
City commissioners are discussing expanding the 140-anchor Garrison Bight mooring field. And Key West Port Director Doug Bradshaw said the city and Monroe County might work together to create some new mooring fields, giving live-aboards more places to go every three months.
âI think what you are looking at is anchors with buoys on them in certain areas. And then I would assume the county or city would manage them,â Bradshaw told city commissioners at their March 31 meeting.
Legislation to fight foreign influence on Florida research clears House committee
China ties? House Select Committee looked into Moffitt.
UF and Moffit Cancer Center both suffered China-related scandals with research funding.
A bill aimed at fighting foreign influence in Florida’s research institutions is ready to be heard on the House floor. The State Affairs Committee on Tuesday cleared the legislation during its final stop in the lower chamber.
The bill (
HB 7017) came about following a series of controversies over Chinese money secretly being funneled to research done at Florida universities.
The House Select Committee on the Integrity of Research Institutions studied the matter earlier this year, and from that, the proposed requirements on groups to disclose funding from adversarial nations came to be. The findings were somewhat alarming said Rep.
Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Bronx, speaks during a news conference in March in New York City.
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Bronx, wants to give the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) some teeth.
Biaggi recently introduced S.5254 in the state Senate to amend the state Executive Law and allow legislators and other state employees to be found guilty of ethical violations by JCOPE without the vote of at least two members of the accused’s political party.
Not only can’t JCOPE find someone guilty without two commission members from the person’s political party in agreement, JCOPE can’t even begin an investigation unless two members of the person’s political party approve. Biaggi’s proposal is included in a list of possible improvements to JCOPE backed by the New York City Bar Association.
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