Trump May Determine Fate of Medical Pot in Florida

December 5, 2016
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TALLAHASSEE — More than 71 percent of voters approved an amendment expanding medical marijuana in Florida last month, but the fate of patients who rely on the drug and the burgeoning marijuana industry could largely depend on President-elect Donald Trump.

“A lot of what the industry is based on is some of the discretion that’s going on at the federal level,” said Michael Bronstein, co-founder of the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp.

Florida and 27 other states now have laws legalizing marijuana in some form. But federal law still bans the growth, cultivation, sale and possession of marijuana for any purpose.

Yet the marijuana industry has been allowed to grow in recent years because of a memo issued by the Obama administration in October 2009 to federal prosecutors telling them to direct limited federal resources into investigations of large-scale drug dealers that aren’t in compliance with state laws or are involved with foreign drug cartels. The memo said sick patients following state laws shouldn’t be targeted. [Read More @The Orlando Sentinel]

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Michael Davis says:

December 5, 2016 at 2:50 pm

I do not think things with cannabis are going to get better until they get worse, but I do believe cannabis will become a legal commodity in 5-10 years. There are some consequences on the horizon of this mind think of “I’m right and you are wrong” mentality. The direction this is taking and not just cannabis, is progressing to violence. The first American Civil War had to do with economics and a cash crop. You are correct as to your reference to under-educated, minimally intelligent people with low levels of life experience in power and making life and death decisions for others. Yes, I am mad and angry because I too am a patient.

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