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  Firing Medical Marijuana Patients for Drug Use Would Be Banned Under New Florida Bill

  November 18 at 8 a.m.

  Some of Florida's estimated 300,000 medical marijuana users have learned the hard way that although it's legal to use cannabis to relieve certain conditions, they can still face consequences at work and school.

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  Climate Change Is Already Making U.S. Troops Sick, and Florida Military Bases Will Suffer Most

  November 11 at 4:48 p.m.

  Veterans Day commemorates the end of World War I, when the guns fell silent across the Western Front at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Since that time, average global temperatures have increased by an average of 1.5 degrees — and experts say that's no doubt affecting today's U.S. military operations.

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  Lawsuit: Woman's Legs Amputated After She Vaped CBD Product From South Florida

  November 1 at 11 a.m.

  After four days of vaping a mango-flavored CBD product from a South Florida company, Erin Gilbert developed shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever, she says, and was rushed to a hospital in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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  Snapchat Deletes Dr. Miami's Account After Video of Penis Enlargement Surgery

  October 25 at 4:23 p.m.

  Snapchat apparently had a boner to pick with Dr. Michael Salzhauer, better known as Dr. Miami, a plastic surgeon who regularly broadcasts his procedures on the social media platform.

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  Vaping Illnesses Could Affect Miami-Dade's HIV-Positive Community, Researchers Say

  October 3 at 10 a.m.

  As the number of confirmed vaping-related illnesses continues to rise, experts at Rutgers University warn that these problems are likelier to affect marginalized communities, including those living with HIV. Given South Florida's abysmal record on HIV transmission rates, those who also vape should consider themselves at higher risk of consequence.

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  A Miami-Based Jail Health-Care Company Profits While Patients Die

  September 17 at 9 a.m.

  The voice on the other end of the line sounded so thin, so frail, that at first Erika Williams didn't recognize it as her son's. It was only by the ten digits glowing on her iPhone — the number for the Flagler County jail — that she realized who was calling her February 4, 2019, a balmy Monday in North Florida.