Florida: 70% of Voters Back Constitutional Amendment To Legalize Medical...
MIAMI, FL — Seven out of ten Florida voters favor amending state law to allow physicians to authorize cannabis therapy, according to polling data released this week. The statewide poll, conducted by...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Campaign Finds Financial Support
ORLANDO, FL — Two top Democratic fundraisers in Florida have committed to providing the money and know-how to get the question of legalizing medical marijuana on the state ballot in 2014. “I’m prepared...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Could be Headed for 2014 Ballot
TALLAHASSEE, FL — With Florida lawmakers unwilling to consider advancing any bills pertaining to medical marijuana or marijuana reform, instead overwhelmingly voting to pass an almost unenforceable law...
View ArticleSignature Gathering Begins for 2014 Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization...
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The Florida Secretary of State gave final approval Wednesday for signature gathering to begin on a proposed medical marijuana legalization constitutional amendment aimed at the 2014...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana 2014 Ballot Initiative Moving Forward
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Could Florida be the first state in the South to approve medical marijuana? A bill that would have done that was stymied this year in the legislature, but its proponents have vowed to...
View ArticlePolls Find Maryland, Florida Ready for Marijuana Reform
Polls from two more states this week show an increasing acceptance of the need to reform marijuana laws. In a Florida poll, Sunshine State voters said they were ready to back medical marijuana, while...
View ArticleFlorida's Attorney General Challenges Medical Marijuana Initiative
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida’s attorney general told the state’s high court on Thursday that supporters of medical marijuana want to mislead voters into approving a proposal to legalize the use of pot for...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court Sets Medical Marijuana Hearing Date
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The Florida Supreme Court has set December 5 as the day it will hear arguments in state Attorney General Pam Bondi’s effort to quash a medical marijuana initiative that is now in its...
View ArticleFlorida Candidate for Governor Nan Rich Supports Medical Marijuana Proposal
WESTON, FL — Florida Democratic candidate for Governor Nan Rich announced Friday that she supports the proposed initiative aimed at the 2014 ballot that would authorize medical marijuana in the state....
View Article82% of Florida Voters Overwhelmingly Support Medical Marijuana
TALLAHASSEE, FL — An overwhelming majority of Floridians would support legalizing marijuana when used for medical purposes in the Sunshine State, a poll released on Thursday showed. The Quinnipiac...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Marijuana Initiative
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida’s Supreme Court justices raised concerns on Thursday at a hearing on a proposed constitutional ballot amendment to allow medical use of marijuana, questioning whether its...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Drive Nears 1 Million Signatures
TALLAHASSEE, FL — With the deadline looming for supporters of Florida’s medical marijuana initiative to turn in signatures, the organization leading the effort says they now have a comfortable margin...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Ballot Petition Nears Goal
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Organizers of a Florida campaign for medical use of marijuana say they expect to submit enough voter signatures this week to get the issue on ballots in time for the November...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Campaign Says it Has Enough Signatures for Ballot
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Supporters of a medical marijuana constitutional amendment in Florida say they have collected enough voter signatures to put their proposal on the November ballot, joining a growing...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Marijuana Measure Has Enough Signatures for 2014 Ballot
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The Florida Division of Elections confirmed Friday that proponents of a 2014 statewide measure to allow for the physician-supervised use of cannabis have gathered sufficient...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court Votes to Allow Medical Marijuana Amendment on November...
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida voters will decide in November whether to legalize medical marijuana after the state Supreme Court on Monday approved an initiative to put the measure on the ballot. Florida’s...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Gaining Traction in Deep South
ATLANTA, GA — Medical marijuana has been a non-starter in recent years in the Deep South, where many Republican lawmakers feared it could lead to widespread drug use and social ills. That now appears...
View Article53% of Florida Voters Back Marijuana Legalization; 88% Endorse Medical
HAMDEN, CT — Nearly nine out of ten Floridians support legalizing the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and a majority support allowing adults to possess the plant for any purpose, according to...
View ArticleDemocratic Leader Targeted in Florida on
ORLANDO, FL — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who heads the U.S. Democratic National Committee, is coming under criticism in her home state from medical marijuana supporters and a...
View ArticleFlorida Republicans Join Campaign Against Medical Marijuana Amendment
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The stakes are getting higher – politically and financially – in Florida’s heated campaign over a November referendum to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. The latest financial...
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