Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Pros And Cons

Marijuana Legalization The Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative is also known as Amendment two, and this amendment is going to be on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment ("Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization, Amendment 2 (2016) - Ballotpedia" 2016). Some states have already legalized Medical marijuana and in this writing I will be explaining why their ballots will look a slightly different compared to Floridas. On November 8, 2016 Florida voters will be choose “yes” to legalizing medical marijuana for individuals with specific debilitating diseases or comparable debilitating conditions as determined by a licensed state physician ("Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization, Amendment

But surveys have shown the opposition or people against medical marijuana to have raised nearly two million dollars to air deceptive and misleading TV ads (Project 2016). 60 percent of likely California voters say they generally favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use (Brosious 2016). Just 37 percent of California voters say they oppose marijuana legalization (Brosious 2016). Last year in 2015 the percentage of Florida supports was just 69 percent which shown that voters are changing their minds or that more people are actually

In Florida’s voter participation for the presidential election in 2012 it crossed 70 percent, but the numbers in the 2014 elections range in the low 40s. Polls have shown that the smaller number of votes did make a difference. The voters that did show were more conservative, and less receptive to marijuana legalization ("Medical Cannabis Can Pass In Florida. Here’S How. | Leafly" 2016). During the presidential years, the electorate is a lot younger and more liberal, meaning marijuana legalization would presumably stand a better chance of passing ("Medical Cannabis Can Pass In Florida. Here’S How. | Leafly" 2016). High voter turnout would result in Florida legalizing medical marijuana, and becoming the first Southern state to do it ("Medical Cannabis Can Pass In Florida. Here’S How. | Leafly" 2016). “Drug-Free Florida, the fundraising committee backing the opposition campaign, spent more than $6 million in the months leading up to the 2014 election” (Buzzacco-Foerster 2016). Florida is fighting back harder then California or Washington when it comes to voter voting no and stating statements like “only 3 percent of medical marijuana users had conditions like cancer or aids” (Buzzacco-Foerster 2016) and saying this data is collected from only nine medical marijuana specialty practices during three months in 2006 (Buzzacco-Foerster