Alyssa Feliciano and April Rubin
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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.
She describes the drug as her miracle.
The second time the Space Coast Junior and Senior High teacher fell at work – a student pushed her in the hallway during the pandemic – she disclosed under her workers’ compensation plan that she used medical cannabis for pain management.
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A worker holds up a jar with marijuana offered for sale at Montana Advanced Caregivers, a medical marijuana dispensary, Nov. 11, 2020, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 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.
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Members of conservative parent group Moms for Liberty urged the Brevard County School Board to drop the district’s mandatory masking policy for the remainder of the school year at a Tuesday board meeting.
Twelve people spoke against mask mandates at the tense, emotionally-charged meeting, insisting that masks are harming children’s physical and mental health. At times speakers cried or raised their voices and became argumentative as they pressed their demands.
Board members did not agree to revisit the policy for the remainder of the school year but said they will work with health officials to schedule a meeting at which policies for the 2021-2022 school year would be discussed.
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