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originally posted on saintpetersblog.com<\/a><\/p>\n State Rep. Cary<\/b> Pigman<\/b><\/span><\/a>, who last week was charged with\u00a0drunk driving, has stepped down as chair of the House\u00a0Health Quality Subcommittee.<\/span><\/p>\n House Speaker Richard Corcoran<\/b> announced the move Tuesday. He appointed\u00a0Jeanette Nunez<\/b>, the House Speaker pro tempore, as acting chair of the the subcommittee.<\/span><\/p>\n Pigman, an Avon Park Republican first elected in 2012, is an emergency medicine physician and U.S. Army Reserve doctor who served in Iraq.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHaving spent a career fighting for and defending this country, Dr. Pigman knows that it is honorable to take responsibility for one\u2019s actions,\u201d Corcoran said. \u201cIt is the honorable thing to do. Dr. Pigman has done both by informing me that he wishes to step down as chairman of the Health Quality Subcommittee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Pigman, who was traveling alone, was pulled over\u00a0late last Thursday on Florida\u2019s Turnpike after a trooper noticed his\u00a0southbound Jeep\u00a0\u201cdrifting\u201d between his lane and the highway\u2019s shoulder.\u00a0(Story here<\/b><\/span><\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n Pigman then failed field sobriety tests, including almost falling and not following instructions, the report said.\u00a0His blood alcohol level later was measured at .14 and .15, it added. A DUI in Florida<\/b><\/span><\/a> is\u00a0.08 or above.<\/span><\/p>\n This all transpired hours after the controversial group Floridian’s for Cannabis<\/a> launched a meme attack on Pigman.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-24-at-12.29.08-PM.png\")
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