Pam Bondi challenges proposed medical marijuana amendment

Source: Miami Herald

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is contesting a proposed ballot initiative for a medical marijuana constitutional amendment and has asked the Florida Supreme Court for an opinion.

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The proposal, she wrote in a letter filed today to the court, implies that the amendment would allow medical marijuana in narrow, defined circumstances and only for patients for “debilitating diseases. But Bondi says that if the amendment passes, “Florida law would allow marijuana in limitless situations.”

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Morgan said the proposal was drafted by John Mills, former dean of the University of Florida law school, a specialist in state constitutional law.

“The Republican party in the state of Florida is petrified about this amendment because they know that 77 percent of Florida wants it,” he said. In early October, Morgan wrote on his company website that Public Policy Polling found that 62 percent of voters supported the legalization of medical marijuana for seriously patients in Florida."It gets stronger every day," he said.






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Florida is sick of Rick Scott. The repubs know if this gets on the ballot as an amendment, they will lose. This issue will bring out the dems/progressives in droves on election day.