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Jimmy Buffett Launching ‘Coral Reefer’ Brand Medical Marijuana

Jimmy Buffett Launching ‘Coral Reefer’ Brand Medical Marijuana

by Sarah Rumpf | Sep 12, 2018

Musician Jimmy Buffett has long been both a master of marketing and an advocate for legalizing marijuana so this may be one of the least surprising headlines in Florida this week: he’s signed an agreement to sell medical marijuana under the “Coral...
EXCLUSIVE: Florida Families Sue to Force State to Comply with Medical Marijuana Law

EXCLUSIVE: Florida Families Sue to Force State to Comply with Medical Marijuana Law

by Sarah Rumpf | Nov 21, 2017

These days, it’s hard to get 71.3 percent of people to agree that the sky is blue, much less find common ground on a political topic. And yet, that is how enthusiastic the support from Florida voters was last year for Amendment 2, which expanded access to...
Study: States with Medical Marijuana Laws See Decreased Traffic Fatalities

Study: States with Medical Marijuana Laws See Decreased Traffic Fatalities

by Brian Burgess | Dec 23, 2016

Medical marijuana expansion advocates got another boost today from a new study that debunks claims that legalizing medical marijuana could lead to increased traffic fatalities. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, found a decrease in traffic...
Medical Marijuana Not Curing Hillary Clinton’s Millenial Problem

Medical Marijuana Not Curing Hillary Clinton’s Millenial Problem

by Brian Burgess | Nov 2, 2016

In a bid to prop up Hillary Clinton’s embarrassingly low support among millenials, the Florida Democratic Party has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into GOTV efforts cloaked under the banner of Amendment 2, which legalizes medical marijuana. But even...
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...

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