Medical Marijuana Makes November Ballot

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The push to make medical marijuana use legal in Florida has cleared another obstacle with the final decision now resting in the hands of the state’s voters.

United for Care announced late Wednesday that the number of signatures required to get the constitutional amendment on the ballot had been attained. As of Wednesday, the Florida Division of Elections had acknowledged more than the 683,149 signatures required, United for Care said in a media release.

Should the signatures hold up to final certification on Feb. 2, Amendment 2, which has already been approved by the Florida Supreme Court, will appear before voters during the Nov. 8 general election.

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“This November, Florida will pass this law and hundreds of thousands of sick and suffering people will see relief,” John B. Morgan, United for Care’s chairman, said in a statement. “What Tallahassee politicians refused to do, the people will do together in this election.”

This isn’t the first go around for putting the issue of medical marijuana use to the voters. A similar measure narrowly failed in November 2014. State law calls for approval by 60 percent of registered voters for an amendment to pass. Amendment 2 in 2014 received 57.6 percent of the vote.

This time around, supporters say they’ve closed “loopholes” that raised concerns in 2014.

“Our language is stronger than in 2014 and it shows,” Morgan said. “Pam Bondi didn’t challenge us this time. The Court approved our language unanimously. The people of Florida are compassionate. We will win this election for the really sick people in our state.”

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