The federal government has “dropped the ball for the last 30 or 40 years” in its marijuana policy and Florida is ready to pick it up, Sen. Jeff Clemens said Monday, expressing confidence that this November’s ballot initiative to legalize medicinal pot will pass.
“This ’50 and ’60s era reefer madness attitude caused us to turn away from a plant as form of medicine and move to these synthetic drugs that are often a lot worse for our bodies,” said Clemens, D-Lake Worth. He was part of a bipartisan trio of lawmakers speaking at the Doubletree Hotel ballroom on the future of medical marijuana in the state.
