Katelyn Baker
Well-Known Member
Tallahassee, Fla. - It's down to a one month campaign for both sides of the medical marijuana fight in Florida. The Vote no on 2 campaign questions if Amendment 2, the constitutional amendment legalizing medical cannabis in the state, is really all about helping sick people.
"This is not what you think it is," Christina Johnson, No on 2 Spokeswoman, said. "Contrary to the other side, this is nothing more than legalized marijuana."
The ads suggest that passing Amendment 2 would be harmful for kids. Although the likelihood of pot shop being zoned next to a school isn't exactly high.
The group pushing medical marijuana is doing a little fact checking of their own.
"The fact is that 25 states plus D.C. have medical marijuana laws," Ben Pollara of United for Care said. "They all regulate the sale of marijuana to children as Florida's law would."
Amendment 2 backers United for Care equate the attacks to the 1930's anti-drug film Reefer Madness and they're being blunt: the ads are propaganda.
"This is absolutely Reefer Madness type propaganda, this is the type of discredited stuff," Pollara said. "The crazy scare tactics, the hardcore drug warriors have been pushing for years and years and years."
The madness ends in just about a month. If 60 percent of the voters don't vote yes, then medical marijuana goes up in smoke.
The high stakes surrounding medical cannabis means big money for both sides. In the last week of September, supporters of the amendment banked $1 million from a Washington D.C. political action committee, while Drug Free Florida received $500,000 from Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: The Fight Over Medical Marijuana Continues In The State Of Florida
Author: Matt Galka
Contact: 850-234-7777
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Website: WJHG
"This is not what you think it is," Christina Johnson, No on 2 Spokeswoman, said. "Contrary to the other side, this is nothing more than legalized marijuana."
The ads suggest that passing Amendment 2 would be harmful for kids. Although the likelihood of pot shop being zoned next to a school isn't exactly high.
The group pushing medical marijuana is doing a little fact checking of their own.
"The fact is that 25 states plus D.C. have medical marijuana laws," Ben Pollara of United for Care said. "They all regulate the sale of marijuana to children as Florida's law would."
Amendment 2 backers United for Care equate the attacks to the 1930's anti-drug film Reefer Madness and they're being blunt: the ads are propaganda.
"This is absolutely Reefer Madness type propaganda, this is the type of discredited stuff," Pollara said. "The crazy scare tactics, the hardcore drug warriors have been pushing for years and years and years."
The madness ends in just about a month. If 60 percent of the voters don't vote yes, then medical marijuana goes up in smoke.
The high stakes surrounding medical cannabis means big money for both sides. In the last week of September, supporters of the amendment banked $1 million from a Washington D.C. political action committee, while Drug Free Florida received $500,000 from Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: The Fight Over Medical Marijuana Continues In The State Of Florida
Author: Matt Galka
Contact: 850-234-7777
Photo Credit: None Found
Website: WJHG
