Marijuana Cannon Not Needed, Florida To Legalize Medical Pot
Tallahassee, FL – A marijuana cannon may soon be unnecessary to get illegal drugs into Florida. A new Florida bill seeks to legalize medical marijuana for those suffering from debilitating medical conditions.
As previously reported by The Inquisitr, efforts to legalize marijuana, or cannabis, for medical purposes has been picking up steam in recent years. Washington State and Colorado saw marijuana bills be passed by state legislatures. Celebrities like Justin Bieber have blatantly broken the law by smoking blunts. But the drug dealers are still sneaking it the hard way, using a marijuana cannon to shoot cannabis over the Mexican border.
According to WTSP News, on Wednesday, Florida State Senator Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth introduced State Bill 1250 in Tallahassee entitled “The Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act,” that would allow Floridians with debilitating medical conditions to legally obtain and use marijuana if their doctors recommend it. Medical patients, or their officially designated caregivers, would be allowed to privately possess up to four ounces of marijuana and grow up to eight marijuana plants.
According to News-Press.com, Senator Clemens believes that a Florida medical marijuana bill is long overdue:
“It seems nonsensical to me that we are allowing people to suffer because of outdated laws. It was a compassion issue more than anything else.”
According to the Miami Herald, a recent poll conducted by Hamilton Campaigns on behalf of People United for Medical Marijuana shows that 70 percent of Florida voters support a plan to mend the state constitution to allow the medical use of marijuana. The Florida fight over marijuana may even be used as a catalyst for Democrats to overturn Florida Governor Rick Scott:
“The proposal to allow the medical use of marijuana could provide a message contrast in the Governor’s race, heightening its effectiveness as a turnout mechanism.”
Do you think Florida efforts to legalize medical marijuana are good enough, or do you think that legal marijuana should be available for more than just those suffering from debilitating medical conditions?
Tags : Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act, florida cannabis, florida medical marijuana, florida medical marijuana legalize, florida MJ, florida pot, legalize marijuana, medical marijuana
Posted: March 1, 2013
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Mar 2, 2013
It should be legal for everyone. The same as alcohol and cigarettes… Marijuana is less harmful than either of them.
Mar 2, 2013
I agree, how many death have occurred due to alcohol and cigarette, yet they are still legal
Mar 2, 2013
Legalize it!
Mar 3, 2013
for medical use only. cuz fuck you junkies.
Mar 3, 2013
We need political progressives like Rep Clemens to outfit our Senate as well. He's smart enough to not come out and say it, but these are just baby steps for legalization and stopping the gross waste of resources put forth to police marijuana use and possession. I can't wait until the day I'm able to confidently say, without fear of being crucified or stripped of any professional credibility, that I enjoy smoking marijuana. I'm so sick of alcohol indulging dipshits turning their nose up at me for enjoying smoking a little pot.
Mar 3, 2013
regulate marijuana like alcohol, must be 21 to buy, must have a license to sell to be certified by the state, tax it like cigarettes. Put drug dealers out of business and allow extra revenue for the state.
Mar 3, 2013
Obama pretended to be in Florida playing golf with Tiger Woods, but secretly he was busy strong arming legislators to oppose any kind of marijuana legalization.
Mar 4, 2013
Yes I think legalization of marijuana would be the responsible thing to do. One marijuana is less toxic than alcohol and there is no physical withdraw. Two it's easyer for kids to get weed than beer because the gov. regulates alcohol distributions. And three Florida's economy would go up. People would come from all over
The USA for legal weed tourism would sky rocket. Tourists would become residents and businesses would mover here and becreated
Mar 5, 2013
Legalize it!
Mar 14, 2013
Disneys marijuana adventure!!!!
Mar 20, 2013
over 21, Legalize it , tax it , and use the added revenue stream for the poor, and if Scott cant get behind this , his antiquated butt needs to hit the bricks! age 50, fla resident, oh and with it legal we can cut back on the square grouper fishing enforcement….
Mar 24, 2013
OR they could just make it more like cigarettes, 18 to buy, of course a license to sell. If you need to be 21 to get weed then you should be 21 to get cigarettes. In my opinion they shouldn't even sell cigarettes because of everything they do to a person.
Mar 24, 2013
Yet the government is more butt hurt over a "drug" that has less than half of the cons than alcohol or cigarettes, I mean fuck logic. Am I right?
Mar 27, 2013
It should be legal in the whole country already for everyone to use..!
Apr 5, 2013
just legalize small amounts so I don't have to waste my tax dollars on people for smoking weed….fix my roads, my water, and the traffic problems from Miami to fort Lauderdale….
Apr 6, 2013
Click link and sign pettition to legalize weed.. pass this around. ..http://signon.org/sign/florida-medicinal-use.fb23?source=s.fb&r_by=6728742