WHIO : reported that Troy city council votes to prohibit medical marijuana

Firefighters are continuing to battle flames from a building on North Ohio Avenue in Sidney after a pickup truck slammed into the building and caught fire. Police and fire crews were first dispatched to the 100 block of North Ohio Avenue around 11 p.m. Monday on reports of a vehicle slamming into a building. FIRST REPORTFirefighters in Sidney are battling a building fire on North Ohio Avenue after a vehicle reportedly slammed into the building and burst into flames. Sidney Fire Deputy Chief Cameron Haller said a pickup truck went off the road, struck and broke a natural gas line in front of the building. [Caption]Callers into this newsroom indicate a pickup truck crashed into a building in the 100 block of Ohio Avenue around 11 p.m. and immediately burst into flames.

Advocates say anti-drug group is helping craft Florida's medical marijuana laws

Calvina Fay, executive director of addiction Free America, told the Herald it was "an absurd allegation" that her organization wrote the bill. That effort failed after 71 percent of voters supported medical marijuana in November.Although the majority of Floridians disagreed with the group's position, lobbyists for Drug Free America have still managed to influence legislation regarding medical cannabis, specifically HB 1397. The current law in Florida prohibits opioid marijuana, though that definition does not include the use of a vaporizer. "A House that prides itself in not being in the business of 'picking winners and losers' has clearly made its choice here, letting the losers write the law," Pollara writes . Pollara says Rodrigues' bill caters to the 29 percent of people who voted against Amendment 2.

Moms says medical marijuana tranformed their children's lives

Opponents of medical marijuana stated there were no real studies citing the effects of medical marijuana on the body. They are a group of moms who have been fighting the stigma, paving the way, and educating themselves about the benefits of medical marijuana. The latest State Department of Health report indicates 176 children in Arizona have qualified for a medical marijuana card. For Yazy, her medical marijuana came in the form of patches put on her skin. "I couldn't imagine going through another four years of autism without medical marijuana," she added.


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