Marijuana is on the march in Florida

Marijuana is on the march in Florida.

Volusia County made it legal to carry small amounts last week.

South Florida counties did it last year.

Tampa is preparing to do it next week.

Even Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is looking at the issue.

Plus, a statewide campaign to legalize medical marijuana appears poised to pass this fall.

Heck, this state's beginning to look like one big Grateful Dead show.

Really, though, all this has little to do with Floridians being eager to get high and more to do with taxpayers — and law-enforcement officers — being sick of wasting tax dollars and judicial resources on small-time possession charges that often get dropped or reduced anyway.

Citizens also no longer trust legislators who failed to deliver on their promise to get non-euphoric doses of marijuana into the hands of chronic, suffering patients.

This movement crosses party lines.

In Volusia, a bipartisan...

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