DeSantis promises to end medical marijuana smoking ban
The governor says he will stop appealing a lawsuit aimed at ending the ban if the Legislature doesn’t act
Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Florida Legislature to repeal a ban on smoking medical marijuana and also make it easier for businesses to participate in the market, warning that if lawmakers do not act he will cease to defend provisions of a medical marijuana law that have been challenged in court.
DeSantis accused the GOP-controlled Legislature of failing to follow the will of Florida voters, who overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution in 2016 that legalized medical marijuana.
“When over 70 percent of Florida voters vote in favor of medical use of marijuana for people with really serious, debilitating conditions that is about as big a majority as you can get in this day and age,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Winter Park. “And it’s my judgment that what the Florida Legislature has done to implement the people’s will has not done it in accordance with what the amendment envisioned.”
“Whether they have to smoke it or not who am I to judge that?” DeSantis added. “I want people to be able to have their suffering relieved and so I don’t think this law is up to snuff.”
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The governor says he will stop appealing a lawsuit aimed at ending the ban if the Legislature doesn’t act
Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Florida Legislature to repeal a ban on smoking medical marijuana and also make it easier for businesses to participate in the market, warning that if lawmakers do not act he will cease to defend provisions of a medical marijuana law that have been challenged in court.
DeSantis accused the GOP-controlled Legislature of failing to follow the will of Florida voters, who overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution in 2016 that legalized medical marijuana.
“When over 70 percent of Florida voters vote in favor of medical use of marijuana for people with really serious, debilitating conditions that is about as big a majority as you can get in this day and age,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Winter Park. “And it’s my judgment that what the Florida Legislature has done to implement the people’s will has not done it in accordance with what the amendment envisioned.”
“Whether they have to smoke it or not who am I to judge that?” DeSantis added. “I want people to be able to have their suffering relieved and so I don’t think this law is up to snuff.”
MORE: https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190117/desantis-promises-to-end-medical-marijuana-smoking-ban
