Chisty is currently approved by the state to sign off on medical marijuana, but has a checkered past himself. Doctors must recommend patients for inclusion in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Use Registry, which now includes more than 50,000 people. The laws in Arizona, Colorado and California generally allow probationers to use medical marijuana. Florida is one of 29 states with laws allowing for medical marijuana. Now, he can also legally use another medicine — marijuana, a drug that normally would get a convicted killer locked up for violating probation.
MIAMI — On probation for a bloody 1999 gang murder, Miguel Valdes takes a host of pills to keep his longtime schizophrenia in check.
Now, he can also legally use another medicine — marijuana, a drug that normally would get a convicted killer locked up for violating probation.
A Miami judge, over fierce objections from prosecutors, allowed the 34-year-old Valdes to ingest the herb after he was approved to take part in Florida’s fledgling medical marijuana program. The State Attorney’s office argued that Valdes didn’t need the drug — which he was smoking when he and another man used a tire iron and a blade to kill the victim, carving...
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