TAMPA -- Four years ago, Bree Morris faced a choice between pain relief and being close to family. Permanently disabled from a car crash that injured her back, Morris, 53, moved from Florida to Colorado after voters here rejected a medical marijuana referendum in 2012. She left her children and grandchildren with a hunch that access to medical cannabis in Colorado would work better than the opiates that had turned her into a "zombie." "From that day on, my quality of life changed," she said. "I started doing walks around the park. I started feeling better about life. I'm able to talk and be alert and do things and even go back to school to earn my bachelor's." [continues 616 words]
BROOKSVILLE -- The Hernando School Board is headed toward a compromise with the Parrott Middle School health teacher who admitted to and tested positive for marijuana use in March. The board, during a special meeting Tuesday, reached a consensus on a deal with Michael Provost that would keep him employed by the district. The agreement has to be approved by a formal vote at the board's Nov. 17 meeting. If that happens, Provost will be reinstated and placed in a health or P.E. position at another school this year. He will receive back pay from the start of the current school year. [continues 348 words]
