In what has been a surprise to me as well as a lot of other people, John Morgan and his group United For Care have just announced that they were successful in getting enough signatures to get Medical Marijuana legalization on the ballot in November 2014. Last I heard was they had surpassed 200,000 signatures but it didn't seem like there was enough time to get the rest, but you have to give it to them they accomplished what seemed like an impossible task. However there are still more hurdles to overcome before the issue is officially on the November ballot, the main hurdle is the Supreme Court is reviewing the wording in the document to make sure it makes sense to the voters. Of course this is all a lot of red tape to make getting legalization on the ballot as difficult as possible, how many times have we seen issues on the ballots that were worded so badly that you didn't know what you were voting for? So it would be very hypocritical for the Florida Supreme Court to strike this down because of claims that the average voter wouldn't understand it, but as we all know the Florida government are professionals when it comes to hypocrisy.
We however do not need to let this discourage us as this is an enormous cause for celebration, and it's hard to believe that things are still looking good for Medical Marijuana being on the November ballot. Polls have shown time and again that the majority of residents in Florida support the measure, so as long as we get it on the ballot and get the potheads to lay off the blunts long enough to vote we should be good! It's been many years in coming and just one year ago it seemed like this would be an impossible dream, but if we keep the faith and support the cause justice will prevail in November. This will be the greatest gift we can give to our sick and elderly in Florida, think of how many will no longer have to suffer because they can't use a harmless herb that can give them relief from their pain. The pharmaceutical industry would rather them take dangerous prescription opiates to relieve their pain just so they can fatten their bank accounts, having no concern for the detrimental side effects it will have upon the their patients. Not to mention that the drugs they currently have to take are hideously expensive, but now the sick and elderly of Florida may possibly have a safe and easily accessible alternative medicine.
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