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Marijuana Legalization 2015: Will Florida Finally Get Legal Pot?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 12:29

Florida marijuana proponents are moving forward with a new campaign to legalize pot after a recent push to bring medical cannabis to the state failed to pass muster with voters and state lawmakers. Replican State Rep. Greg Steube of Sarasota refiled a bill Friday to allow the medical use of marijuana. Meanwhile, supporters of a proposed ballot measure that would overhaul the state's constitution and allow legal cannabis have begun a signature collection drive.

Steube's bill would allow medical use of nonsmokable marijuana for people with various conditions, including cancer, HIV, multiple sclerosis and any terminal illness where a person has less than a year to live. Patients with prescriptions would have to keep an identification card with them and be entered into an online registry. A similar version of the bill failed to win over lawmakers last year.

Instead, state lawmakers last year passed a law authorizing a type of medical marijuana that purportedly does not get users high and is...

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