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Autopsy: Ulele server accidentally drowned in Mango Lake
04/04/2015

The autopsy showed Foster had a .098 milligrams-per-liter level of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the intoxicating ingredient of marijuana. Pearson said that is a significant level.
“That indicates very recent use,” she said. “I would say she used marijuana within a half-hour or an hour before she died.”

 


Death, car crashes 2, alcohol, Florida, tampa
Marijuana grow house fire deemed arson
07/06/2015

"It's a very nondescript house, but inside, the only purpose for this house is to grow marijuana," said Lt. John Preyer.


Florida, tampa, fire, grow sites
2015-07-07 00:00:00
07/07/2015

Ellen Snelling, chairman of the Anti-Drug Alliance, lives in Temple Terrace and often participates in the parade. She said the float and the NORML organizers who accompanied it and handed out fliers were out of place at a family-friendly event.
“When you promote drug legalization on a float in a parade, it can give a really bad message to children,” Snelling said. “I believe in free speech, but I think there is a time and a place to conduct speech referring to legalization of drugs, and a children’s parade is not that place.”
Snelling also questioned if the members of the Central Florida NORML chapter used deception to get the float in the parade. She said when she first saw the float it was an unadorned boat, but when she came back 20 minutes later, the wagon was festooned with NORML banners. Atop the green and white float was a fake 10-foot marijuana cigarette, painted red on the tip as if burning.


Florida, tampa, norml
Tampa students ate marijuana candy
02/12/2016

Citrus Park, Florida -- Two students at Sergeant Smith Middle School were rushed to the hospital on Thursday after they ate marijuana-infused candy.   According to a source, the boys were given the edible marijuana that looked like Fruit Loops by a third student.


edibles, Florida, tampa
Tampa City Council to vote March 3 on de­crim­i­nal­izing small amounts of marijuana
02/18/2016

"Many adolescents and young adults hear that marijuana is harmless," Miller said. "This is a myth. Research shows that the brain continues to grow until the age of 25. Marijuana is extremely harmful to the developing brain."
Officials in St. Petersburg also have discussed a similar de-escalation of the war on this particular drug. Last year, Miami-Dade, Miami Beach, Fernandina Beach and Hallandale Beach all launched citation programs.


tampa, Florida, decriminalization
Crime Map of Tampa
05/01/2016

http://gis.hcso.tampa.fl.us/crimemapping/  must use firefox


crime, tampa
Hillsborough-grown medical marijuana to hit the market this summer
05/21/2016

TAMPA — Forget the strawberries of Plant City and the tomatoes of Ruskin. Hillsborough County has begun farming its latest money crop: reefer, pot, doobage, ganja, weed, Mary Jane, otherwise known to the masses as marijuana.


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Florida man had 84 bags of THC-laced gummy candy in car
06/25/2016

Officers searched Calloway’s vehicle after smelling the pot. Officers say they found 22.9 grams of hash oil, 2,320 grams of pot and 84 bags of gummy candies laced with THC. 


edibles, Florida, tampa
Hillsborough commissioners approve six-month moratorium on medical pot dispensaries
10/06/2016

“Whether it’s a stoned tourist or a stoned resident, our highway and transportation systems will be laden with impaired operators if we allow these dispensaries to set up shop,” warned Teresa Miller if Amendment Two passes next month. “Our county is already No. 1 in the state for DUI arrests and crashes. Do we want to put our families at greater risks by sanctioning more impaired drivers? Do we really want to attempt to regulate a plant that can be grown in someone’s backyard? Do we want pot shops, or palm trees down Dale Mabry?”


tampa, Amendment 2
Tampa City Council approves six month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries
11/17/2016
tampa, Florida, moratorium, Snelling, miller, Firth, City Council
Parents of Plant High School student who died of heroin use now meeting with state attorney
07/21/2017

They say they took their daughter to counseling, rehab summer camps, anything to help with her marijuana use and mental health struggles. The day before her overdose, she had passed two drug tests.  Her parents thought they had finally turned a corner.


overdose, tampa
Hillsborough County approves regulations on selling, using vaping products
11/06/2019

The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners has determined that the prohibition on the sale, possession, and use of vapor‐generating electronic devices and vapor products should be extended to include young adults under the age of 21.


Vaping, tampa, Florida
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