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Medical marijuana ‘a start’ to reducing drug crime, says law enforcement group

Medical marijuana ‘a start’ to reducing drug crime, says law enforcement group

by Capitolist Staff | Aug 16, 2016

For the second time in three years, Floridians will go to the polls in November and weigh in on a proposed state constitutional amendment that, if passed, would legalize medical marijuana. A similar proposal failed in 2014 — by less than 3 percentage points — amid...
Slight uptick expected in Florida prison population while crime continues to drop

Slight uptick expected in Florida prison population while crime continues to drop

by Capitolist Staff | Aug 2, 2016

For decades, Florida’s prison population has far outpaced the state’s population growth. But that appears to be changing. Office of Economic and Demographic Research officials meeting at the state Capitol last week predicted an increase of about 1,000 inmates over the...

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