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Florida judge lifts stay on smokable medical marijuana

By JOE REEDY patients suffer!" Morgan
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — wrote on Twitter. "Where is
Floridians allowed to use your compassion man?"
medical marijuana are one Even with the stay being
step closer to being able to lifted, smokable medical
smoke it. marijuana will not
Leon County circuit court immediately be available
Judge Karen Gievers on for sale at treatment
Tuesday lifted a stay on centers. That's because
her May 25 ruling that the Department of Health
the Florida Legislature's must come up with rules to
provision banning smokable cultivate, distribute and sell,
medical marijuana is which could take several
unconstitutional. The state's months.
Department of Health had As of last Friday there
filed an appeal of Gievers' were 117,522 patients
ruling, which automatically and 2,644 doctors in the
put it on hold. Attorney John state's medical marijuana
Morgan and two patients registry. The Department of
with terminal illnesses then Health also says that 94,023
filed an appeal of that stay. patients have received
The stay will officially be their ID cards, which allow
lifted on June 11. Gievers them to receive cannabis
wrote that delaying her at state-approved
ruling any further would treatment centers.
create irreparable harm to Jon Mills, who represents People United for Medical Marijuana and two patients with terminal Florida Department of
patients. illnesses, speaks after a court hearing on Monday, June 4, 2018, in Tallahassee, Fla. Health spokesman Devin
She also wrote that the Associated Press Galetta said in a statement
stay returns the law to its that department officials
previous state after voters Gov. Rick Scott last June, say that smoking medical Second, they face potential are reviewing the ruling.
approved a constitutional state that patients can use marijuana has prolonged criminal prosecution for Any further appeal would
amendment in November cannabis through vaping their lives. possession and use of the be heard in the state's 1st
2016 allowing the use of and in food, oils, sprays and In her four-page ruling, medicinal substance," she District Court of Appeal
medical marijuana. tinctures. Gievers cited the harm that wrote. in Tallahassee. The health
When the Legislature Morgan, who led the could be caused to Jordan, Morgan asked Gov. Scott department is involved
passed the laws to enact push for the constitutional who has had ALS since on Tuesday via social in six other cases dealing
the amendment last year, amendment, filed a lawsuit 1986, and Dodson, who has media to drop his appeals. with medical marijuana,
they included a section challenging the ban two had HIV since 1991, if the "Every day you waste ranging from the process
banning the sale of weeks after Scott signed stay was extended. taxpayers' money with of awarding treatment
products used to smoke the bill. He was joined in "First, they cannot legally this frivolous appeal sick center licenses to allowing
marijuana, citing health the suit by Cathy Jordan access the treatment people, veterans, cops, a Tampa man to grow it at
risks. The laws, signed by and Diana Dodson, who recommended for them. firefighters and cancer home for juicing.q

1st Muslim in Congress wants to take on Trump in court

By KYLE POTTER fight against President Mark Dayton's appointee, office on Tuesday. in his liberal Minneapolis
Associated Press Donald Trump. Sen. Tina Smith. And he "It was attorneys general congressional district was
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A sixth-term lawmaker weighed a run for attorney who led the fight against state Rep. Ilhan Omar,
Democratic Rep. Keith widely regarded as among general until Lori Swanson, the Muslim ban," Ellison said the first Somali-American
Ellison, the first Muslim the most liberal members of the current officeholder, after filing to run for the Muslim elected to a state
elected to Congress and Congress, Ellison had been decided to run for a fourth office, referring to Trump's legislature in the U.S.
a top official with the eyeing statewide office term this winter. ban on travel to the U.S. by He has also served as
Democratic National in Minnesota for months. But Swanson changed visitors from several Muslim- deputy chairman of the
Committee, filed to run He considered running for course Monday, launching majority countries. "I want Democratic National
for Minnesota attorney the Senate seat vacated a late bid for Minnesota to be a part of that fight." Committee since 2017,
general Tuesday, saying by former Sen. Al Franken governor. Ellison and others Among the Democrats after losing the race for its
he wanted to join the legal before backing Gov. pounced, filing for the rushing to succeed Ellison top job to Tom Perez. q