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Capital Report: 10-18-2019

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:28:58
Publish Date: 2019-10-18 00:00:00
Description: When a person undergoing cancer treatment dies Florida law allows their sealed, unused medications to be donated. But some say that practice shouldn’t be limited to cancer medicine only. Regan McCarthy reports a bill filed for the upcoming legislative session would create a prescription drug donation repository. There’s a chance Florida voters will be presented with a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana on the 2020 ballot. This week, Florida House committees heard from a Harvard Psychobiologist who warns of legalizing the plant, and from the nation’s first state “pot czar.” More evidence of a shift in thinking arose this week among Florida’s Republican leaders when it comes to climate change. Gina Jordan reports a Senate committee held a panel discussion focused on climate change forecasts and how state agencies should prepare. The Florida Department of Corrections is asking state legislators to increase its budget so it can address long-standing issues with the
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