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Smell of weed no longer enough for car searches? Florida’s high court to decide

A major shift is underway in how Florida courts treat traffic stops involving marijuana. Two appellate courts — the 2nd District in Tampa and the 5th District in Orlando/Daytona — have now ruled that the smell of marijuana by itself is no longer enough for police to search a vehicle. For decades, the so-called “plain smell doctrine” allowed officers to claim they smelled marijuana and use that alone as probable cause. But judges now say the rise of legal hemp and medical marijuana makes odor too unreliable to separate legal from illegal cannabis. Read the full story: https://cbs12.com/news/local/smell-of... _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: WPEC on Facebook:   / cbs12news   WPEC on : https://x.com/cbs12 Subscribe to WPEC on YouTube:    / @cbs12newswpec   WPEC Daily News Digest:    • Плейлист   WPEC CBS12 is South Florida's source for local news, weather forecasts, sports and community events spanning West Palm Beach, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Vero Beach, Okeechobee, along with the rest of the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches. We are TheOneToTurnTo. For more information, visit https://cbs12.com/ Have a tip? Email us at [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 561.844.1212 Have a video or photo you want to share? Upload it to cbs12.com/chimein/ WPEC is a FL based station and a CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. #CBS12NEWS #WPEC #WestPalmBeach #SouthFlorida #News #BreakingNews