Home of Florida Medical Marijuana Activist Raided
Legislation to legalize its use is named after her
The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act will come before Florida legislators in 2013 in honor of a wheelchair Parrish woman who has fought for the past 16 years for the legalization of medical cannabis in Florida.
But, Cathy Jordan's celebrity in the area of medical cannabis, including her conviction that the herb has helped her battle her Lou Gehrig's disease, does not insulate her from existing marijuana laws.
Jordan's husband, Robert, told the Herald that his Parrish home in Beck Estates on 98th Avenue in Parrish was raided shortly after 2 p.m. Monday by deputies and detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff's Office drug intervention unit who wore ski masks.
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