Hundreds of Harvard researchers have fallen victim to the freeze on funding by the Trump administration.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The organizers behind the Make It Legal recreational marijuana amendment are closing in on 100,000 valid signatures and have said they will have enough to qualify for the 2020 election by mid-December. A ribbon was cut Tuesday as MedMen opened its first medical marijuana dispensary in Tallahassee. MedMen is banking on voters to back the recreational marijuana amendment the company is bankrolling. “A super-majority of Floridians are truly wanting this and survey after survey is saying that,” said Make It Legal Florida Chairperson Nick Hansen. Florida is already expected to be a battleground state for the presidency next year and likely for legal marijuana as well.

TALAHASSEE, Fla. - There's a chance Florida voters will legalize recreational weed in 2020. On Tuesday morning, the House Health & Human Services Committee aimed to prepare for the possibility of such a change. Melissa Villar, with the group NORML Tallahassee, called herself a recreational user and was unconcerned who knew. Her group, NORML Tallahassee, was one of the sponsors of the two recreational marijuana ballot initiatives. To date, both ballot initiatives for recreational weed have yet to reach 100,000 valid signatures.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With two looming ballot proposals that would legalize recreational marijuana in Florida, state House leaders are going on offense on the issue. But House Republican leaders, including Health & Human Services Chairman Ray Rodrigues, aren't convinced. Potency has been an issue for House Republican leaders, including Rodrigues, who earlier this year tried to limit the amount of euphoria-inducing THC in smokable products sold by medical marijuana operators. "Leadership on the House side is very skeptical about marijuana use in the state of Florida, even for medical purposes. The House Health Quality Subcommittee will hear a presentation Wednesday about regulatory considerations for recreational marijuana from Andrew Freedman, who served as director of Colorado's Office of Marijuana Coordination.