Author: Dorron Blumberg

In the 2018 mid-term elections marijuana legalization, for either medicinal or recreational use, was an issue on some states’ ballots. It also was an issue that candidates for office needed to address. The results of those elections suggest that the efforts to legalize some uses of marijuana are progressing.

At Deerfield Beach opening, Andrew Felix, Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis News Florida, and Victoria Walker, Trulieve Community Relations Director

As an attorney and legal consultant, Nikki Fried fought for the rights of sick patients who could benefit from medical marijuana, as well as the needs of foster children and their families. In her new role as Florida’s agriculture commissioner, she will be representing the interests of every single person throughout the entire state.

One minute in September 2016 it is a typical end-of-the-day drive home for Brittany Lengyel, a 20-something year old driving home from her nanny job. The next moment there is a crash, her car flipped, and she was rescued from under the water. Her life was altered for the next several years, not only from her traumatic injuries but from her treatment.

I am another lawyer who says “it depends” in response to this question and the reason is because we have had decisions from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island which have held that employers cannot take an adverse employment action against a medical marijuana user (for that reason).