Tampa Police Easy on #Cannabis at #Gasparilla?

Are Tampa Police Easy on #Cannabis at #Gasparilla?

2019 Drug Crimes Arrests

ZERO

Felony Arrests

1 Domestic Battery
2 Battery on a law enforcement officer
2 Criminal mischief

Misdemeanor Arrests

1 Obstruct Oppose w/o Violence
2 Minor Possession Alcohol
3 Disorderly Conduct

Video - Tampa Police and Cannabis Arrests

What are Tampa Police Doing About Marijuana Possession?

I'm driving down Bayshore Boulevard scene of the largest party in the State of Florida, the Gasparilla pirate fest. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of police out here and there wasn't a single arrest for cannabis; or for that matter for any drug crime.

So answer the question, "What are Tampa police doing about marijuana and arresting for marijuana?" I would say this year's festival would establish that they are doing nothing about marijuana criminally.

But, there is a civil citation program where they can issue a ticket for possession of marijuana. For more details:

https://go2attorney.com/2019/01/17/staying-safe-and-festive-at-gasparilla-arrest-criminal-defense/

Medical Marijuana Rules Hearing in Tampa - Live Coverage

Florida Cannabis Dispensary Rules

Florida Medical Marijuana Rules

I spent most of the morning at the University of South Florida where are the Florida Department of Health is having hearings on exactly what the rules will say after passage of Florida's Amendment 2.

Standing Room Only at Marijuana Rules Hearing

It was standing room only I will post the agenda and some pictures soon. A cancer researcher and physician spoke passionately on issues of nausea relief at the hearing -  not a single speaker was in favor of more restrictive rules at the Florida cannabis laws hearing.

Probably should support NORML to advocate for fair Florida cannabis laws. For at least 2 hours, panelists listened to sufferers complain that weed doctors will not prescribe because of a 90-day rule limitation or until these cannabis rules are written.

Not #FakeNews

There were many members of the mainstream media at the hearing - this is not fake news. These Regulators will be tin-eared, if they draft more restrictive rules than Amendment 2 allowed.

We were at the University of South Florida Research Park covering the Florida Department of Health rulemaking hearing.

Florida Medical Marijuana Law - Complete Proposed Text of Senate Bill

Complete Proposed Text of Florida Medical Marijuana Law - Senate Bill

Below is the complete text of the Florida Senate Bill of the proposed
Medical Marijuana Statute in Florida. It will be called:

"An act relating to compassionate use of low-THC cannabis and marijuana."

Florida Medical Marijuana Law - Complete Proposed Text of Senate Bill, #CannabisLaw, #MedicalMarijuana, #Cannabis, #Florida 

Sources:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/medical-marijuana-lags-in-the-legislature/2310805
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0406/BillText/Filed/PDF
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0406/BillText/Filed/HTML

    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to compassionate use of low-THC
    3         cannabis and marijuana; amending s. 381.986, F.S.;
    4         defining and redefining terms; authorizing physicians
    5         to issue physician certifications to specified
    6         patients who meet certain conditions; authorizing
    7         physicians to make specific determinations in
    8         certifications; requiring physicians to meet certain
    9         conditions to be authorized to issue and make
   10         determinations in physician certifications; requiring
   11         written consent of a parent or legal guardian for the
   12         treatment of minors; requiring that certain physicians
   13         annually reexamine and reassess patients and update
   14         patient information in the compassionate use registry;
   15         revising criminal penalties; authorizing a distance
   16         learning format for a specified course and reducing
   17         the number of hours required for the course; providing
   18         that physicians who meet specified requirements are
   19         grandfathered for the purpose of specified education
   20         requirements; authorizing qualifying patients to
   21         designate caregivers; requiring caregivers to meet
   22         specified requirements; prohibiting a qualifying
   23         patient from designating more than one caregiver at
   24         any given time; providing exceptions; requiring the
   25         Department of Health to register caregivers meeting
   26         certain requirements on the compassionate use
   27         registry; revising the entities to which the
   28         compassionate use registry must be accessible;
   29         requiring the department to adopt certain rules by a
   30         specified date; authorizing the department to charge a
   31         fee for identification cards; requiring the department
   32         to begin issuing identification cards to qualified
   33         registrants by a specific date; providing requirements
   34         for the identification cards; requiring the department
   35         to register certain dispensing organizations as
   36         medical marijuana treatment centers by a certain date;
   37         requiring the department to register additional
   38         medical marijuana treatment centers in accordance with
   39         a specified schedule; deleting obsolete provisions;
   40         revising the operational requirements for medical
   41         marijuana treatment centers; authorizing the
   42         department to waive certain requirements under
   43         specified circumstances; requiring that certain
   44         receptacles be child proof; requiring that additional
   45         information be included on certain labels; requiring
   46         that a medical marijuana treatment center comply with
   47         certain standards in the production and dispensing of
   48         edible or food products; requiring a medical marijuana
   49         treatment center to enter additional information into
   50         the compassionate use registry; requiring a medical
   51         marijuana treatment center to keep a copy of a
   52         transportation manifest in certain vehicles at certain
   53         times; requiring the department to adopt rules related
   54         to ownership changes or changes in an owner’s
   55         investment interest; providing applicability;
   56         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   57         amending ss. 381.987, 385.211, 499.0295, and 1004.441,
   58         F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
   59         act; providing an effective date.