On Nov. 8, Florida residents will have the opportunity to expand the current limited use of medical marijuana in the state to include treatment for patients who have been diagnosed with specific enumerated diseases. State legalization of medical marijuana is not new to the United States, but it has been slow to take a foothold in states like Florida that are predominately conservative and adverse to change.
As you may recall, Florida tried to legalize the use of medical marijuana for the first time in 2014 by amending the state’s Constitution but failed to collect the required 60 percent supermajority. Instead, it came in with a whopping 57.6 percent of votes but narrowly missed the mark by just 2.4 percent. This bill was known as Amendment 2. But if Amendment 2 failed in 2014, how do we currently have marijuana growing legally in five counties in the state? Read on.
