Author: Dorron Blumberg

Fear and Loathing in Florida: Patients React as Lawmakers Threaten MMJ Program

The room in the Knott Building at the Capitol seemed empty, thanks to COVID restrictions and social distancing, when the Representative from Lee County, Spencer Roach, took the dais. For the next twenty minutes, he would explain HB 1455, a proposal that is “taking a wrecking ball to the state medical marijuana program,” according to Democratic Representative Carlos G. Smith of Orlando.

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THE AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NEW INFORMATION & REFERRAL CENTER IN SOUTH FLORIDA

New APDA Center at University of Miami Expands Services to Southern Florida Parkinson’s Disease Community,
Including Underserved Spanish-Speaking Population
 
March 29, 2021 – The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA), the largest grassroots organization dedicated to fighting Parkinson’s disease (PD) across the country through a network of Chapters and Information & Referral (I&R) Centers, announces today the opening of a new APDA I&R Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Center will serve the South Florida area, from Palm Beach Gardens to Miami, with a special focus on the Spanish-speaking community. The I&R Center joins APDA’s South Florida Chapter in serving people with PD in Southern Florida.
 

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