Former Marion County school administrator Michael Hickman listens at a school board hearing in October as the board decided the fate of his educational career. He was fired after losing his appeal, part of a string of public employee firings in Florida related to legal medical marijuana usage.
A measure to protect Florida public employees who use medical marijuana stalled this legislative session, leaving a disconnect between restrictive federal laws and permissive local laws.
The first time Allison Enright, a Brevard County teacher, fell at work, doctors prescribed her opioids to deal with the pain.
During the year that followed her fall, she saw her body start to deteriorate. When the prescription medicines and physical therapy didn’t work, a workers compensation doctor recommended she use medical marijuana to avoid using a wheelchair.
Legislation to protect Florida public employees from being fired for legally using medical marijuana has stalled this session, leaving a disconnect between restrictive federal laws and permissive local laws.
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