Florida Cannabis Act 2016: Where State Stands on Legalizing Marijuana

After supporting an intense campaign to place a medical marijuana initiative on the Florida ballot in 2014, marijuana advocacy group Sensible Florida ended their Regulate Florida campaign, after acknowledging that the group will not be able to acquire the more than 650,000 signatures needed to qualify for the Nov. 8 ballot  by February.  

"We suspended the campaign in 2016 but we're shooting for 2018," Hiedi Handford, spokeswoman for the campaign, told Mic

The Florida Cannabis Act sought to amend the Florida constitution, in order to legalize and regulate the use of marijuana. The initiative would have made possession of marijuana legal, and would have gave Floridans the ability to grow, process, and sell cannabis, essentially legalizing marijuana and regulating the drug similarly to alcohol. 

"Due to time constraints, it has become obvious we will not be able to collect the needed number of verifiable petitions in time to qualify for the 2016 election," Chairman of Regulate...

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