First Coast Connect

8/13/2018: Medical Marijuana PAC; Transgender Homicides; Cole Pepper; JAGMAC

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Monday on First Coast Connect we talked about the politics of medical marijuana with the owner of Compassionate Alternative Care, Daniel Locke, and Dr. Joseph Sirven of the Mayo Clinic (01:08).

We spoke with ProPublica reporter Ken Schwenke about his investigation into the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’smisidentifying transgender homicide victims (30:48).

Cole Pepper brought us the latest sports news including the Jaguars’ suspending Dante Fowler and Jalen Ramsey for conduct unbecoming a Jaguars player (46:00).

We met the band JAGMAC. The four brothers and two sisters from Baltimore are in Jacksonville this week and performed live in Studio 5 (48:36)   

Kevin Meerschaert can be reached at kmeerschaert@wjct.org, 904-358-6334 or on Twitter at @KMeerschaertJax.

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Kevin Meerschaert has left WJCT for new pursuits. He was the producer of First Coast Connect until October of 2018.