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The Second Most Watched Race in Florida

October 28th, 2014 by Mike Vasilinda

Polling suggests the campaign to legalize medical marijuana will get more than half of all votes cast…but will it meet the sixty percent needed to be in the constitution?  As Mike Vasilinda tells us win lose or draw, medical marijuana is likely to be an issue for state lawmakers next spring.

Medical marijuana is now legal in 23 states and Washington DC. The most recent poll released Monday in Florida shows marijuana at 50-42 with 8 percent undecided. Six of every ten votes cast are needed for approval. Sponsor United for Care says it’s internal polling shows it close, but with Marijuana getting above 60 percent.

“It’s nuts, no prescription” Chimes a No on 2 spokesperson on a web ad that has been effective. They campaign has seen a decline in support from over 80 percent after millions have been pumped in by a casino billionaire.

“Any other medical condition” was a phrase Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford uses frequently.  Rutherford is on the stump for Florida Sheriffs, trying to sway undecided voters.

“It’s for anything a doctor want to give it to someone for, and that is the fraud in this thing” says the Sheriff.

Both sides say the plain language should determine your vote. Supporter Jim Eaton says there are no loopholes. “It’s only for a debilitating medical condition. You have to get a licensed Florida doctor to certify that you have that condition. So, I think it’s fairly clear.”

One school of thought is that if amendment two comes close, but doesn’t hit the 60 percent mark, lawmakers will still have to take it up.

Lawmakers have in the past made changes in law after a constitutional amendment got close to the 60 percent threshold.

And if they don’t take action, another ballot initiative is almost a certainty.

This past year, lawmakers approved Charlotte’s web, allow THC form of marijuana. If Amendment two doesn’t get to sixty percent, some are suggesting the Charlotte’s web law could be expanded to treat more diseases. Any ballot campaign would have to wait until at least 2016.

 

 

 

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