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Changes Are Coming ...

Florida Medical Marijuana

Medical Cannabis is just one of
many issues in which the federal Smoking Ban Update
government is so far behind the
people, it’s beyond funny. This is On January 17, 2019, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news confer-
proved time after time when it ence to announce that he wanted the Florida legislature to
insists on classifying medical mari- change the current law and allow smokable medical marijuana.
Speaking to reporters, he said, “I want people to have their suf-
juana as a Schedule 1 drug.
fering relieved.” Further, the Governor stated that if the
Luckily, the State of Florida has
Legislature should fail to change the law, he was prepared to
seen the light (at least the shades are drop the state’s appeal of a 2017 court decision that says banning
half way up) and legalized medical it violates a constitutional amendment. The appeal, instituted by
cannabis for a limited variety of con- former Gov. Rick Scott, banned smoking med marijuana and
also limited the number of Florida state dispensaries.
ditions. And now our new Governor

Ron DeSantis may even be turning
Stay tuned …
the lights to bright! Just last month,
he announced that he was in favor
of the state legislature changing the
current law to allow smokable med-
ical marijuana. And he seems to
want quick action. He’s given our state representatives and senators a March
deadline or he will drop a state court appeal that seeks to reverse a judge’s
ruling overturning the smoking ban.
“What the Florida Legislature has done to implement the people’s will has
not been done in accordance with what the amendment envisioned,” DeSantis
said. “Whether (patients) want to smoke it or not, who am I to judge that? I
want people to be able to have their suffering relieved. I don’t think this law
is up to snuff.”
And while we’re on the subject of providing better access to legal medical
cannabis, let’s not forget the 2nd stop in our “Lift the Banned” Tour presented
by Trulieve. On February 17th, we’ll be holding
another great educational cannabis event at the
Naples Beach Brewery, Naples, Florida, 12:30
p.m. – 4 p.m. For more information, visit our
website www.cannabisnewsflorida.com. Medical
cannabis professionals and other experts will be
on hand to speak about Cannabis 101 and answer
all questions.
We’re turning the lights on about medical
cannabis in Florida!

Andrew Felix

Ignite your brand.

piersongrant.com | dgrant@piersongrant.com | 954.776.1999 ext. 235

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