Cannabis in Florida is legal for medical use per Florida Amendment 2 (2016), but illegal for recreational use.
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Initial call for restrictions
On October 16, 1933, the twenty-year-old Victor Licata used an ax to kill his parents, two brothers, and a sister as they fell asleep. Despite evidence that Lisata has a history of pre-existing mental illness, the police and the press make claims without attribution that she is "addicted" to marijuana. On October 17, 1933, the Tampa Bay Times wrote:
W. D. Bush, the city's chief detective, said he had investigated before the crime and learned that the massacre had been addicted to marijuana cigarettes for more than six months.
However, a day later the head of the Tampa Police Department downplayed the role of the drug in the killing, though he promised to cause a ban on marijuana:
Maybe the grass has only a small indirect passage in the alleged youth madness, but I declare now and for all the time that this increasing use of narcotics should be stopped and will be stopped. "(October 18, 1933)
A October 20, 1933, the editorial on page six of the Tampa Morning Tribune titled "Stop The Smoke of This Murder". The editorial writer calls for a marijuana ban:
It may or may not be entirely true that the damaging cannabis cigarette is responsible for killing a Tampa young man who is wiping out all his family members within reach - but whether or not the toxic grass destroys the weeds especially responsible for the tragedy of the sale should not and should not ever permitted here or elsewhere.
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Oil CBD (2014)
On March 20, 2014, the Florida Council's Budget Committee issued a "so-called Charlotte's Web measure (CS/HB 843)" designed to limit the ability of prosecutors to prosecute those with low CBD/high marijuana ("0.5 percent or less tetrahydrocannabinol and more than 15 percent cannabidiol ") are used to treat seizures. The bill is valid from 1 July 2014.
Medical marijuana that failed (2014)
The United For Care constitution-sponsored amendment received 745,613 signatures on January 24, 2014 (683,149 required on 1 February). The Supreme Court in Florida voted 4-3 in favor of allowing the initiative to be decided by voters in the November elections, decided on 27 January 2014. The House bill and the Senate bill for the legalization of medical marijuana are called "Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act" which received the first reading on the 4th March 2014 and declares: "requires the Department of Business and Professional Regulations to regulate the manufacture, cultivation, ownership, wholesale distribution, expenditure, purchase, delivery and sale of marijuana for medical use and manufacture, ownership, purchase, sale, use and delivery of drugs, provided that the department is responsible for licensing and licensing of pharmacies and medical marijuana farms and registration of owners, directors, officers, members, incorporators, employees, and farm and pharmacy agents, etc. "This bill will create tighter rules then there in other countries that have legalized medical marijuana. HB 843 ("Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act") permits only cannabis oil containing more than 15% cannabidiol (CBD) and no more than 0.5% THC.
In 2014, Florida Amendment 2 (2014) raised the question of legalizing medical marijuana to voters. "Amendment 2" failed, received 57.6% of the vote; this is short of the 60% supermajority required for a constitutional amendment in Florida.
Medical cannabis (2016)
The Florida 2 amendment was passed during an election on November 8, 2016, with a vote of 71.3% to versus 28.7% against. The purpose of Amendment 2 is to relieve those suffering from this medical condition: cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic non-malignant pain caused by eligible medical conditions or derived from eligible medical conditions or other debilitating medical conditions comparable to those listed.
Under Amendment 2, medical marijuana will be administered to patients if doctors believe that the medical use of marijuana is likely to exceed the potential health risks for patients. Under Florida regulations smoking drugs are not allowed; instead the product can be consumed as edibles or by vaping, oil, sprays or pills. However, on May 25, 2018, Leon District Court Judge Karen Gievers ruled that the smoking ban was unconstitutional. The verdict is now being appealed.
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