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Lakeland - The City Commission chose not to buck the advice of municipal, county and state law enforcement officials by pursuing an ordinance to reduce the penalties for Lakeland Police Department's enforcement of minor marijuana possession. For more than five hours, city commissioners heard...

Lakeland - Advocates for medical marijuana are planning a demonstration Saturday at the Lakeland headquarters of Publix Super Markets to protest a contribution from Publix heiress Carol Jenkins Barnett to the anti-Amendment 2 campaign. A Facebook event created last week and called "Protest...

Lakeland, Florida — Another Tampa Bay area city could be following Tampa's lead when it comes to weed. Lakeland could be the next city to lessen the punishment for having a small amount of marijuana. News Channel 8 has learned that city commissioners are planning to discuss decriminalization...