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In America, Cancer Patients Endure Crushing Debt on Top of Disease

August 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A radiation beamer at UF Shands hospital in Gainesville. (© FlaglerLive)

Medical breakthroughs mean cancer is less likely to kill, but survival can come at an extraordinary cost as patients drain savings, declare bankruptcy, or lose their homes, an investigation finds.

First Lady Announces launch of Resource Site to Navigate Dizzying Realities of Cancer Care

August 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

First Lady Casey DeSantis announces a cancer resource website called Florida Cancer Connect on Aug. 3, 2022. Some cancer survivors stand behind her. (Florida Channel)

First Lady Casey DeSantis on Wednesday announced the launch of Florida Cancer Connect, an online resource site for cancer patients to hear from survivors and access information to help navigate the dizzying realities of battling cancer.

See Something, Say Something? 3 Flagler School Board Members Say Not If It’s Cancer.

August 25, 2019 | Pierre Tristam | 28 Comments

Opposition to the Flagler Health Department’s proposal to offer the HPV vaccine in schools is driven by three board members echoing the rhetoric of vaccine denialism though various irrational pretexts.

Flagler Health Department Chief Calls School Board Member ‘Anti-Science’ in Vaccine Clash

August 23, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Robert Snyder, left, heads the Flagler Health Department. Maria Barbosa was elected to the Flagler County School Board in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Health Department Administrator Robert Snyder in a live show on WNZF today accused School Board member Maria Barbosa of being “anti-science” and “anti-vaccines,” in a discussion on making the HPV vaccine available to students in schools.

Used on Lawns, A Popular Weed Killer’s Alleged Link To Cancer Spreads Concern

April 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Glyphosate is by far the most widely used herbicide in the United States, and probably worldwide. It is used on nearly every acre of corn, cotton and soybeans grown in the U.S. You may have sprayed it on your lawn or garden.

Let Marijuana Help Fight Opioid Abuse

February 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

It’s time for lawmakers and health officials to recognize the well-established power of medical marijuana to treat chronic pain — and to acknowledge its emerging role in combating the opioid abuse crisis.

For FPC Student-Athlete Allen Roberson, 16, A Summer Battling a Rare Brain Tumor And Aiming For Next Run

July 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Allen Roberson went through complicated surgeries on July 3 and 12 to remove a tumor in his brain. He returned home to Palm Coast on July 17 and has been mending since, but still going through radiation and chemotherapy. (Roberson family)

Allen Roberson, an honors student and a runner at FPC, went through complicated surgeries on July 3 and 12 and has been mending through radiation and chemotherapy since.

No Smokable Medical Marijuana Allowed Before Legal Challenge Plays Out, Court Orders

July 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal came in a lawsuit initiated by Orlando trial attorney John Morgan and others who maintain that a Florida law barring patients from smoking their treatment runs afoul of a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.

Judge Says Cancer Patient May Grow His Own Pot Plants, Seeding New Front in Florida Marijuana Wars

April 12, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The patient is forced to grow his own plants to make liquid treatment because the state hasn’t allowed any marijuana operators to sell whole plants to patients.

Lawmakers Level Withering Criticism Against State Agency Responsible For Medical Pot Rules

February 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Sen. Kevin Rader, a Delray Beach Democrat who is a chairman of the committee, did not take kindly to health officials not responding to his committee's letters. (Facebook)

A legislative oversight committee delivered a public shaming to Florida pot czar Christian Bax on Monday, repeatedly chiding him others over poor rules and delays.

Judge Lets Smokable Pot Case Go Forward, Rejecting State’s Motion to Dismiss

January 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The suit challenges a state law, passed during a special legislative session last year, that bans medical-pot patients from smoking marijuana.

Flagler Kills Pot Decriminalization Proposal, But Approves Medical Marijuana Zoning

October 3, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Odd mis-alignment: State Attorney R. J. Larizza, center, and Public Defender Jim Purdy, right, had both supported a Flagler County proposal to de-criminalize the possession of small amounts of pot in some circumstances, for first-time offenders, but Sheriff Rick Staly, left, largely opposed the measure, as did police chiefs in Bunnell and Flagler Beach. So it finally failed. (c FlaglerLive)

The end of the de-criminalization proposal is a reflection of a much harsher approach by the county commission and a new sheriff on marijuana matters.

At Flagler’s Pink Army Flag-Raising, Eloquence of Grief and Hope No Matter the Gender

October 2, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Always on the offensive, John Subers, center, is the commander in chief pof the Pink Army and the executive director of the Florida Hospital Flagler Foundation, which leads the annual fund-raising drive for Breast-Cancer Awareness Month. Subers this morning was getting set to take the picture of all those who'd gathered for the flag-raising in front of the Government Services Building just after 8 a.m.

Florida Hospital Flagler’s Pink Army launch of Breast-Cancer Awareness Month with the County Commission was a mostly male production, but no less moving in message and aims.

In Flagler Beach, Palm Coast and County, More Contempt For Medical Pot

August 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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Elected officials in Palm Coast, Flagler County and Flagler Beach are still peddling false or misleading assumptions as they draw up more restrictive medical pot dispensary zoning.

Beating Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, County Will Be 1st to Welcome Pot Dispensaries; Bunnell May Ban Them

August 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission is expected to approve opening the county to medical pot dispensaries Monday, becoming the first local government formally to do so.

McCain’s Brain Cancer Draws Renewed Attention to Possible Agent Orange Connection

July 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A Vietnamese soldier demonstrates unexploded-ordnance detection and clearance in Danang in June 2011. Since 1975, The New Yorker reporter, more than 40,000 Vietnamese have been killed by unexploded ordnance many of them in Quang Tri, a province that was also 'sprayed with more than seven hundred thousand gallons of herbicide, mainly Agent Orange.' (USAID)

For years, Vietnam vets and their widows have been pushing the VA to extend benefits to those exposed to the toxic herbicide and later stricken with glioblastoma. The VA has said no.

Flagler Beach Delays Medical Pot Ban Vote For 2 Weeks, But Hazy Evidence Unchanged

July 27, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Commissioner Marshall Shupe was absent this evening, so the Flagler Beach City Commission voted 3-1 to delay its second reading of a proposed ban on medical pot dispensaries until August 10. (© FlaglerLive)

The absence of one of the five commissioners led to the delay on the vote on a controversial measure that would ban the operation of medical pot dispensaries anywhere in Flagler Beach.

Why The Obsession Against Smokable Medical Pot? John Morgan Wants To Know.

July 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The Florida Legislature and the state Department of Health have unilaterally interpreted an amendment legalizing medical marijuana in such a way as to prohibit smokable pot. (Cool Revolution)

Morgan bankrolled the medical-marijuana ballot initiative and repeatedly threatened to sue over smoking, which he says was permitted in the amendment supported by more than 71 percent of Florida voters last fall.

Sparing None, Sheriff “Arrests” 15 of Flagler’s Leading Officials in Relay For Life Sting

March 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly takes pity on the men he's just arrested and starts undoing the handcuffs on County Commissioner Dave Sullivan, who'd be followed by Superintendent Jacob Oliva and County Commissioner Charlie Ericksen, who was being assisted by Chief Mark Strobridge. To the left is Steve Canfield, who's leading the Relay for Life fund-raising effort in the county this year, and who had dyed his mustache mauve for the occasion. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly and his team served warrants on Superintendent Jacob Oliva, County Commissioners Dave Sullivan and Charlie Ericksen, fire chiefs and business leaders in a fund-raising ploy for cancer research this morning.

House Panel Approves Restrictive Medical Marijuana Measure, Including Ban on Edibles

March 29, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The proposal would prohibit smoking of cannabis products, as well as edibles, and would ban all but terminally ill patients from using vaporizers to consume medical marijuana.

Three Ways Forward on Enacting Florida Voters’ Medical Marijuana Mandate

February 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Christina Clark, of Saint Augustine, was diagnosed with generalized, intractable seizure disorder, and needs medical marijuana as treatment. Read her story here. (© Jennifer Kaczmarek)

Former Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre, just back from a state conference on medical marijuana, argues how and why to move ahead with consumer- and patient-centered regulation.

Senate Bill Proposes Less Restrictive Approach to Florida’s Medical Marijuana Regulations

January 23, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Under Sen. Rob Bradley’s bill, the state would add 20 marijuana operators, eliminate the minimum 90-day treatment before doctors can prescribe marijuana, and extend allowances to 90-day supplies for patients.

Pot Amendment Goes Into Effect Amid Mass Confusion and “Dangerous Legal Area”

January 4, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Proponents of Amendment 2 as well as some marijuana operators are demanding that the state health department provide adequate guidance to the industry about the proposal approved by more than 70 percent of Floridians in November.

Amendment 2: Medical Marijuana Through the Eyes and Suffering of Those Who Need It Most

November 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Bruno. (© Jennifer Kaczmarek)

For two years Palm Coast’s Jennifer Kaczmarek, the artist-photographer, has followed 10 families struggling with debilitating illnesses that only marijuana alleviate. They plead for Amendment 2, the proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medicinal marijuana.

Carnage Embroidered in Pink Hope at Flag-Raising for Breast-Cancer Awareness

October 3, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler County Fire Rescue had coated an entire firetruck in pink to mark the month-long Pink Army campaign, aimed at raising money and awareness for breast-cancer prevention, detection and research.

Florida’s Tortured Medical Pot Law Regulating Nurseries Keeps Drawing New Legal Challenges

May 9, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The state has spent nearly $500,000 on private lawyers to represent the Department of Health in legal challenges that have delayed implementation of a 2014 law that first opened the door for medical marijuana in Florida.

Closer to Home: Gainesville’s San Felasco Nurseries Approved for Marijuana Growing

April 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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San Felasco’s approval came after an administrative law judge ruled in February that health officials wrongly rejected the nursery’s application last year because of a decade-old drug crime.

Scott Signs Medical Marijuana Bill for Terminally Ill, Enabling Experimental Drugs

March 25, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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That law allows terminally ill patients to have access to experimental drugs that have not been approved for general use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Florida Supreme Court Deals Another Blow to Tobacco Industry, Rejecting Disease Defense

March 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Justices, in a 5-2 ruling Thursday, rejected R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s arguments in a Broward County case stemming from the 2002 death of George Ciccone, who started smoking as a child.

Florida House Overwhelmingly Approves Use of Full-Strength Pot for Terminally Ill, 99-16

March 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The measure approved Thursday, in part, would likely lead to more licenses for nurseries that would be able to grow, process and distribute the full-strength and non-euphoric types of pot.

In Major Shift, Florida Senate Panel Approves Use of “Full-Strength” Pot for Terminally Ill

March 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The bill, in part, would likely lead to more licenses for nurseries that would be able to grow, process and distribute the full-strength and non-euphoric types of pot.

States Begin Increasingly to Let People Reject Smart Meters Amid Health and Privacy Fears

February 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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At least 15 states allow customers to opt out of smart meter installation, although many permit utility companies to impose a fee on customers who don’t want the meters. Florida is not among those states.

Nurseries Will Start Growing Pot Despite Legal Challenges Threatening Their Licenses

January 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Five dispensing organizations selected by state officials promised lawmakers Wednesday they would meet a deadline next month to get medical-marijuana production off the ground, despite legal challenges that could threaten their licenses.

Florida Supreme Court Unanimously Signs Off On Medical Pot Amendment For 2016 Ballot

December 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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People United for Medical Marijuana, which is led and heavily financed by Orlando lawyer John Morgan, still needs to submit 683,149 valid petition signatures to the state by a Feb. 1 deadline.

Special Treatment for Firefighters With Cancer? Florida Among Few States That Say No

December 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Florida lawmakers have introduced bills that would make Florida the 34th state to offer special protection to firefighters, but the measure faces obstacles in large part because of local governments’ opposition.

Florida Picks 5 Nurseries to Grow and Distribute Medical Marijuana for Select Patients

November 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Parents of children with severe epilepsy pushed for a 2014 law to legalize the purportedly non-euphoric marijuana — low in THC, high in CBD — as it can end or dramatically reduce life-threatening seizures.

Two Sisters and a Solar-Electric Boat, on a 9-Day Journey for a Cause on ICW, Dock in Palm Coast

November 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Nancy and Paula Frainetti are spending nine days aboard a solar-aided electric boat from Miami to Jacksonville to raise awareness and money for breast cancer–and for electric boating.

At Pink Army Flag-Raising, a Shaved Head Attests to Cancer’s Ravages, and Hopes

October 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The breast-cancer awareness flag-raising marks the beginning of a series of fund-raising events in Flagler and Palm Coast. It featured Commissioner Frank Meeker, barely out of his own battle through chemotherapy and colon cancer.

Childhood Cancer Clusters in Florida and The Department of Health’s Lethal Silence

June 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Five years have passed since the University of West Florida’s Dr. Raid Amin and his team alerted the state to the presence of cancer clusters in Florida, the state Department of Health remains mum, seemingly uninterested in investigating the issue.

Assisted Suicide In Your Back Yard: More Prevalent Than You Think

May 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Alfred Manessier's 'Fire' (1957).

People don’t talk about it, but assisted suicide happens in states where it’s not legal. Just over 3 percent of U.S. doctors said they have written a prescription for life-ending medication, and almost 5 percent reported giving a patient a lethal injection.

One Way to Lessen That Pain: Insurers May Not Charge for Anesthesia in Colonoscopies

May 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Although the ACA health law made it clear that the colonoscopy itself must be free for patients, it didn’t spell out how anesthesia or other charges should be handled.

Poll Finds Medical Pot Legalization Still Heavily Favored in Florida; Gov. Scott Still Not

April 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

But when voters could cast ballots on both matters last fall, they rejected a constitutional amendment proposal to legalize pot, albeit by a small margin, and they re-elected Scott, albeit by an even smaller margin.

Prospects Dim For Medical Pot in Florida As Senate Committee Signals Rejection

February 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Proposals by two Republican lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana have a slim chance of passing this legislative session, based on the comments of a Senate committee chairman who helps control the fate of that chamber’s measure.

Latest Rule Proposal Would Let Pot Growers Distribute Product Directly to Retailers

February 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The director of Florida Department of Health’s Office of Compassionate Use expects growers to be able to sell their product at storefronts, possibly in regions outside of where their nurseries exist.

Florida Republican Files Bill to Extend Medical Pot Access to AIDS, Cancer and Other Ills

January 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The proposal (SB 528), filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, includes a detailed regulatory structure that would place requirements on patients, doctors, growers and retail stores. Patients could only get “medical-grade” marijuana if their physicians sign off on the need.

Palm Coast’s Pink Army Run Raises $13,152 for Florida Hospital Flagler’s Breast Cancer Fund

January 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

After an event that drew upwards of 1,000 runners, a record, Palm Coast’s Pink Army Run last October netted $13,152, money that will help defray the cost of mammograms and other breast-cancer diagnoses or treatments.

Faith Coleman, Founder of Flagler County Free Clinic and Champion of Grit, Is Dead at 60

December 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Even as she battled a cancer that kept recurring over the past 11 years, Faith Coleman created in the Flagler County Free Clinic one of the county’s most crucial and enduring institutions, which a board of directors now vows to preserve in her memory.

Brittany Maynard and the Right to Die: An Open Letter from a State That Denies It

October 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Laureen Kornel, a Flagler Beach resident, was left helpless, watching her mother’s agonizing death from cancer because the right to die on terms other than those dictated by doctors was not an option. She writes Brittany Maynard in hopes of spurring the movement in Florida and other states that deny that right.

Nearly Sure Thing Months Ago, Medical Pot Initiative Appears Headed For Defeat Behind Snuff Money

October 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The latest Tampa Bay Times poll has the measure winning only 48 percent of the vote, 12 points short of the needed 60 percent, as Sheldon Las Vegas gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson increased his contributions against the measure to $3.5 million.

Pot Amendment: For Debilitating Diseases or an Open Door to Full Marijuana Legalization?

October 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A briefing on Amendment 2, the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana: supporters say it’ll help the sick, opponents claim it’s flawed and will result in “a joint in every backpack.”

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