Category Archives: Florida Medical Marijuana
Florida Senate Moves to Block Initiative to Decriminalize Recreational Marijuana Before Florida Supreme Court
The Florida Senate is using a controversial new law to block a constitutional ballot initiative that would legalize and decriminalize recreational marijuana, raising a number of civil rights concerns in doing so. Specifically, the Senate is arguing that the state Supreme Court should block the recreational marijuana amendment because it would not only conflict… Read More »
Circumstances in Florida Rapidly Changing Regarding Legalization of Marijuana
We’ve discussed Florida’s Amendment 2 before, the amendment legalizing medical marijuana. More than 160,000 people across the state qualify to use medical marijuana to treat certain illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Although the amendment went into effect more than two years ago, there were a number of impediments put… Read More »
One Florida Legislator’s Criminal Justice Bill Points to Overarching Crisis in Florida’s Prisons
One Florida legislator—State Sen. Jeff Brandes—has declared Florida’s prison system to be in a “crisis,” even though, in December, Congress passed an overall criminal justice reform bill that reduced mandatory minimum sentencing requirements. Specifically, Brandes advocated for the state changing the threshold for finding that a felony had been committed and providing judges with… Read More »
Florida Seeks to Uphold Ban on Smoking Medical Marijuana In Spite Of Court’s Decision on Constitutional Amendment
On August 3, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a 57-page brief arguing that the 1st District Court of Appeals should uphold a decision made by the state legislature in 2017 to ban smoking medical marijuana. Bondi and the state of Florida argue that it is within the legislature’s jurisdiction to regulate public health,… Read More »
Will Florida Legalize The Recreational Use Of Marijuana?
In the midst of recreational marijuana becoming officially legal in California, many are now wondering if Florida next. There have been rumors of a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize the recreational use of marijuana via the Florida state ballot, which would allow for the sale of up to one ounce of cannabis and the… Read More »
