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Title: Florida legislature joins southern push for marijuana reform
Post by: riky on March 06, 2014, 09:00:19 AM
Florida legislature joins southern push for marijuana reform

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/florida-legislature-joins-southern-push-marijuana-reform-210802711--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mh50kueh2cHf3E8m6bD8SQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-05T211135Z_2_CBREA241MPI00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FLORIDA-MARIJUANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Florida state rep Edwards, speaks to the House Criminal Justice Committee in support of a bill to legalize use of a &quot;non-euphoric&quot; marijuana oil extract for patients with epileptic seizures in Tallahassee" align="left" title="Florida state rep Edwards, speaks to the House Criminal Justice Committee in support of a bill to legalize use of a &quot;non-euphoric&quot; marijuana oil extract for patients with epileptic seizures in Tallahassee" border="0" /></a>By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Acknowledging a major shift in societal attitudes toward marijuana, a key committee of the Florida legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve medical use of a &quot;non-euphoric&quot; marijuana extract that has shown promising results in treating seizures. &quot;We have evidence of benefits,&quot; Republican state Representative Cary Pigman, an emergency room physician, said of the substance known as cannabidiol, or CBD. &quot;We have no evidence of harm. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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