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Marijuana news; Life Tree Women Care; social media expo; sports

Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are shown in a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York.
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Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are shown in a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York.

Sally Peebles, a partner with Vicente Sederberg LLP and a member of the state’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, joined us for a closer look at what President Biden’s new directive on marijuana means for Floridians.

Life Tree Women Care

Life Tree Women Care on Blanding Boulevard near 103rd Street celebrated its grand opening recently and is now taking patients.The clinic says it’s the first Black-owned women’s health center of its kind in Northeast Florida. The clinic’s leaders, husband and wife team Derek and Jamie Neal, told us more about it.

Social media expo

UNF is hosting its third annual Social Media Expo this week, with insights on how to better use social media at work and in life. Margaret Stewart, an associate professor in the UNF School of Communication, joined us with a preview.

Sports

WJCT News Sports Analyst Josh Torres joined us with a recap of Sunday’s Jaguars game, as well as some other local sports news and notes.

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Heather is the senior producer of WJCT 89.9 FM talk shows including First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, the Florida Roundup and What's Health Got to Do with It?