Manatee County Sheriff's deputies enforce marijuana laws accordingly , The Manatee County, Fla, State attorney's office has declined to prosecute a couple in Parrish, Fla., for what deputy's from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) discovered on the property of Cathy and Robert Jordan.
Approximately 23 marijuana plants and 20 cannabis seedlings were found by MCSO deputies in February 2013. The case was originated in the form of a police report and turned over to the Manatee County State attorney for prosecution consideration
Cathy Jordan, the intended user of the marijuana as a medicinal relief substance, suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Cathy's husband Robert, 64, has been cultivating the cannabis for her use so as to provide relief from ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gerhig's Disease.
A real estate agent who was on the Jordans' property observed the pot plants and notified law enforcement authorities.
Jordan intimated that his cultivation of the cannabis is intended solely for his wife's use as a medicinal element to relieve her pain. The investigation conducted by the State Attorney's Office deduced that as well.
Inasmuch as illicit use was concerned, Robert Jordan had conceded to testing so as to determine his potential use of cannabis and passed each time he was subjected to drug screening measures.
"No action will be taken on the charges," Assistant State Attorney Brian A. Iten declared in a written statement.
"A review of Mrs. Jordan's medical records, supplied through counsel, and telephone contact with Dr. Denis Petro, a neurologist who last examined Mrs. Jordan, confirmed ... that the defendant could not accomplish the same objective using a less offensive alternative," Iten delineated in the memorandum.
Dr. Denis Petro, a widely-noted neurologist with particular emphasis on his decades-long study of the therapeutic effects of cannabis use by cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other debilitating ailments, has studied the weed since the 1970s. Having appeared before several State Senate Hearings, varied health institutes' conferences, and myriad medical boards to talk on the issue, Dr. Petro offers a persuasive argument in favor of marijuana use strictly for prescribed medicinal purposes.
However, until Florida legislators concede any measures whereby it is permissible by law for severely ill patients to use the illegal plant for relief from pain and suffering, law enforcement officers in the Tampa Bay-area will proceed to enforce statutes outlawing any use.
Although it was reported that the Manatee County Sheriff's deputies raided the Jordans' home and seized their marijuana supply, hours after "The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act" was introduced to the Health Policy Committee in Tallahassee, police authorities are nonetheless charged with the responsibility of investigating reported illegalities, seizing evidence in such cases, and rendering arrests if applicable.
However it may appear and/or may have been reported, the coinciding events of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office essentially in tandem with the filing of a State Bill seeking to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes is simply two coincidentally concurrent actions. Nothing more.
Florida Senator Jeff Clemens (D-Palm Beach County) introduced Senate Bill 1250 (SB1250) in which is delineated the legalization of cannabis for those deemed bonafide ill patients requiring the leafy substance to sustain quality of life, alleviating pain and suffering.
Given that Cathy Jordan is a long-term advocate of marijuana use as a medicinal element, having survived longer than expected, reportedly attributable to cannabis use, it seems befitting that Senate Bill 1250 is submitted with her as its namesake.
According to Cathy Jordan, she was told many years ago that she had about five years to live; she has surpassed that, more than tripling that medical diagnosis.
Cathy Jordan has been a medical marijuana activist for over 16 years now.
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation, a Florida state government agency with its own division of investigative authority and powers of arrest, would be required by the Bill to assume the duties of regulating and licensing medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation operations.
Moreover, Florida State Representative Katie Edwards introduced House Bill 1139 (HB1139), also seeking to legalize cannabis use as a substance of relief for seriously ill patients.
Albeit endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) during her campaigning for elected office, law enforcement officials will sustain the obligatory reaction to any violations of Florida's marijuana laws, until any House and/or Senate measures are decided by government officials.
Notwithstanding the hyperbole ("kicking down doors of the sick") reported in several media outlets, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office performed its function accordingly, no matter the sensitive circumstances.
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Approximately 23 marijuana plants and 20 cannabis seedlings were found by MCSO deputies in February 2013. The case was originated in the form of a police report and turned over to the Manatee County State attorney for prosecution consideration
Cathy Jordan, the intended user of the marijuana as a medicinal relief substance, suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Cathy's husband Robert, 64, has been cultivating the cannabis for her use so as to provide relief from ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gerhig's Disease.
A real estate agent who was on the Jordans' property observed the pot plants and notified law enforcement authorities.
Jordan intimated that his cultivation of the cannabis is intended solely for his wife's use as a medicinal element to relieve her pain. The investigation conducted by the State Attorney's Office deduced that as well.
Inasmuch as illicit use was concerned, Robert Jordan had conceded to testing so as to determine his potential use of cannabis and passed each time he was subjected to drug screening measures.
"No action will be taken on the charges," Assistant State Attorney Brian A. Iten declared in a written statement.
"A review of Mrs. Jordan's medical records, supplied through counsel, and telephone contact with Dr. Denis Petro, a neurologist who last examined Mrs. Jordan, confirmed ... that the defendant could not accomplish the same objective using a less offensive alternative," Iten delineated in the memorandum.
Dr. Denis Petro, a widely-noted neurologist with particular emphasis on his decades-long study of the therapeutic effects of cannabis use by cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other debilitating ailments, has studied the weed since the 1970s. Having appeared before several State Senate Hearings, varied health institutes' conferences, and myriad medical boards to talk on the issue, Dr. Petro offers a persuasive argument in favor of marijuana use strictly for prescribed medicinal purposes.
However, until Florida legislators concede any measures whereby it is permissible by law for severely ill patients to use the illegal plant for relief from pain and suffering, law enforcement officers in the Tampa Bay-area will proceed to enforce statutes outlawing any use.
Although it was reported that the Manatee County Sheriff's deputies raided the Jordans' home and seized their marijuana supply, hours after "The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act" was introduced to the Health Policy Committee in Tallahassee, police authorities are nonetheless charged with the responsibility of investigating reported illegalities, seizing evidence in such cases, and rendering arrests if applicable.
However it may appear and/or may have been reported, the coinciding events of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office essentially in tandem with the filing of a State Bill seeking to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes is simply two coincidentally concurrent actions. Nothing more.
Florida Senator Jeff Clemens (D-Palm Beach County) introduced Senate Bill 1250 (SB1250) in which is delineated the legalization of cannabis for those deemed bonafide ill patients requiring the leafy substance to sustain quality of life, alleviating pain and suffering.
Given that Cathy Jordan is a long-term advocate of marijuana use as a medicinal element, having survived longer than expected, reportedly attributable to cannabis use, it seems befitting that Senate Bill 1250 is submitted with her as its namesake.
According to Cathy Jordan, she was told many years ago that she had about five years to live; she has surpassed that, more than tripling that medical diagnosis.
Cathy Jordan has been a medical marijuana activist for over 16 years now.
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation, a Florida state government agency with its own division of investigative authority and powers of arrest, would be required by the Bill to assume the duties of regulating and licensing medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation operations.
Moreover, Florida State Representative Katie Edwards introduced House Bill 1139 (HB1139), also seeking to legalize cannabis use as a substance of relief for seriously ill patients.
Albeit endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) during her campaigning for elected office, law enforcement officials will sustain the obligatory reaction to any violations of Florida's marijuana laws, until any House and/or Senate measures are decided by government officials.
Notwithstanding the hyperbole ("kicking down doors of the sick") reported in several media outlets, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office performed its function accordingly, no matter the sensitive circumstances.
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