Well this blog has been lacking for various reasons last few months, one of which was the failure of our grass roots effort to legalize medical marijuana in Florida back in November. I came down with some serious health issues at the end of October that prevented me in participating in events leading up to the election. Even though I was following things along as best I could, I along with many others thought for sure we had it this time. Even towards the end of election night when the count had reached only 59% of Florida voter approving medical marijuana I thought we would pull it out in the end, it was like being in the fourth quarter of the Superbowl and all we needed was a field goal to win. But then all was lost when the kicker failed to get it through the uprights, such a sad ending after all the effort and money that was spent. However we can be proud of the battle of that waged on the behalf of all us that need medical marijuana for our ailments, and at least our voice has been heard and hopefully the politicians in Tallahassee will take notice now. So the real question is where do we go from here, the biggest step will be to prepare for the 2016 election and work to make the wording of the amendment even better. Allowing for patients to grow their own marijuana for personal use should be essential to the document, as too many businessmen are looking to profit off medical marijuana and exploit the patients just like the pharmaceutical companies during the past years. I don't really understand how politicians in this state can be against medical marijuana and then complain about all the pill mills in the state, when legalization would be a big step in reducing demand for the pill mills. Nothing will change though as long as we have the republicans in charge, as they only see the world through their narrow view. Florida has a lot problems that need to addressed, not just drugs but many environmental and education issues. But things will continue to stay the same until we use our voting powers to change those who are making the big decisions for us, it’s easy to feel hopeless in our current environment but we must press on if we are to make Florida a better state.
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