Voters may or may not approve Amendment 2 in November, allowing the prescription of medical marijuana and the operation of dispensaries, but Wilton Manors commissioners want to be ready.

Medical marijuana’s chances of becoming legal in Florida any time soon went up in smoke last night as Amendment 2 failed, garnering just 58 percent of the vote, two percent short of the needed 60 to pass.

(SS) With the passage of Amendment 2, the clock begins ticking this January for the Florida Department of Health, which has six months from then to come up with regulations governing Florida's new medical marijuana industry.

(WB) Former Maryland Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., who enabled the passage of marriage equality and other LGBT rights bills in the state, died on Friday at age 78.

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DENVER (AP) — One marijuana business hosts an annual golf tournament in Denver to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. Another Colorado pot company donates to a gay-rights advocacy group and is a sponsor of an AIDS walk.

The Oakland Park City Commission approved a conditional use request from One Plant, a medical marijuana dispensary, to open its doors in the city.

Oakland Park Commissioners approved medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensaries at Wednesday evening’s meeting.

The way Nancy Grace on the HLN network screams about your baby sitter being on pot can make you think she is on crack. But the truth is she is not. She is in show business, knows a good topic, and can figure out how and when to run with it.

Today I am going to come out of the closet a second time, but now as a Bi-Coastal cannabis consumer.

Well, this is Florida. The rules are different here.

"Gay men and women love pot. We know that. We have been smoking for years, recreationally and medically.

Welcome to the Mirror's Food and Wine Issue, the last one before the menu changes for every fine restaurant in Florida.

No, you can’t have marijuana yet. But be patient, that joint you want to bogart is right around the corner.

On Friday, Uruguay released its long-anticipated regulations accompanying the law that was signed into effect last December, which made Uruguay the first country in the world to legally regulate the production, sale and consumption of marijuana for adults. The government will now embark on the implementation of the legal marijuana market, which is expected to be up and running by the end of 2014. The regulations for medical marijuana are to be released later this summer. Florida legislators ought to be preparing our own right now.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon marijuana shops began selling marijuana Thursday for the first time to recreational users, marking a big day for the budding pot industry.

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, January 28, 2014..........Backers of a non-euphoric strain of cannabis that helps reduce seizures in children aren't giving up on a legislative fix, but the politics of pot could make their uphill battle even steeper.

Pot possessors will be treated more like drivers caught speeding and less like drug criminals, under a proposal pushed forward by Broward County commissioners Tuesday.

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, February 27, 2015…… A lawyer for the Legislature is questioning the Department of Health's proposed medical-marijuana rule, slated for a public vetting on Monday.

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed into a law a constitutional amendment SB 8-A to implement Florida’s medical marijuana plan, now seven months into its initial voter approval. 

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, April 21, 2014..........Gov. Rick Scott and his surgeon general are balking at a proposal headed to the House floor that would open the door for a strain of marijuana that doesn't get users high but is believed to dramatically reduce seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy.

What’s an LGBT issue or topic you’d like to highlight this week?  SFGN’s “Speak OUT” is a weekly feature giving a regular voice to South Florida LGBT leaders.Below are some of their answers:

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- At most offices in America, smoking a joint during your lunch break or eating cannabis-laced brownies at your desk would land you in HR.

Richard Thayer* doesn’t constantly have a fridge full of leftovers like he used to years ago.

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 5, 2014..........Florida appears ready for medical marijuana.

Under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I substance.

(CNN) -- She stands at the crossroads of a controversy between same-sex marriage and faith.

The Wilton Manors Police Depart has begun its civil citation program for cannabis possession under 20 grams. So far, since the first citation was handed out in early January, at least seven have been issued.