Florida Likely To Legalize Medical Marijuana Use In 2016

By Steven Russell

In what comes as a major boost for the medical marijuana industry, a special ballot to be held in November 2016 will decide the fate of allowing the drug in Florida. A constitutional amendment for allowing medical marijuana in the state was passed Wednesday to cure patients prescribe the drug to fight cancer, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other diseases.

Florida is lagging behind in the race of states legalizing usage of marijuana for medicinal purposes while the law has been passed in 23 states and Washington D.C.

A statement by John Morgan, who is a lawyer in Orlando and Chairman of United for Care, confirmed the news and stated that the legalization of the drug is bound to happen for Florida this November offering the patients prescribed the drug some relief. He said that the public stood united to get the order passed and they had gathered enough signatures to take the petition forward.

A Positive Move
The hope for legalizing medical marijuana in Florida gained some fuel in 2014 but the move failed because of shortage of 2% votes. Morgan was confident that this year was different as the people in support of legalization of drugs were more now.

The election supervisors handed over 692,981 signed petitions that are more than the required 683,149 signatures in support of the drug, which was enough to make it qualify for a state ballot. The Florida government passed a law in 2014 allowing some patients to use the cannabis drug but the usage was limited.

There are still patients with terminal diseases who need the drug and so the legalization will allow them to get benefit.

Floridians Back Legalization
The latest survey demonstrates that more than 70% of Floridians back the legitimization of medicinal usage of the drug. Research proves that those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, tumor, chemotherapy, numerous sclerosis, epilepsy and many other ailments find that medicinal pot gives alleviation from side effects.

With the present condition of agony that numerous Florida inhabitants are compelled to face because of being denied access to pharmaceutical solutions and controlled substances that have been endorsed by their authorized doctors, this is great news.