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06-12-2014 , 07:37 PM

#76

Paul D

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We can all agree if a parent sends a child to school with weed they should bring a doctor's note.

06-12-2014 , 07:44 PM

#77

MidyMat

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Originally Posted by Paul D

We can all agree if a parent sends a child to school with weed they should bring a doctor's note.

Also that him/her has enough for everyone.

06-13-2014 , 01:45 AM

#78

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Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie

Look who is pal'n around with prohibitionists...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0EM2N720140611

the irony of a drug free florida is absolutely hilarious, ****ing ******ed redneck religious nutcases with too much political and monetary power. It doesnt make me mad but its just annoying overall. these people are outside reality.

06-14-2014 , 07:23 PM

#79

longmissedblind

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I think I read that Sheldon Adelson owns a marijuana research center in Israel (his and his wife's foundation), yet he dumped in a few million to the family religious people to curry favor with gopers in FL for a leg up in the casino debate going on down here.

11-05-2014 , 12:38 AM

#80

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The results are in. Proposition 2 legalizing medicinal use of marijuana did not reach the 60% voter threshold required to be enacted into Florida Law.

11-05-2014 , 01:16 AM

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Washington DC and Oregon both pass legalization. FL would have been huge, but still a positive night.

11-05-2014 , 02:05 AM

#82

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Originally Posted by absherrj

The results are in. Proposition 2 legalizing medicinal use of marijuana did not reach the 60% voter threshold required to be enacted into Florida Law.

Npr story says 58% projected yes

Runs this headline:

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Marijuana Votes: Oregon And D.C. Legalize; Florida Says No To Medical

11-05-2014 , 08:22 PM

#83

maxtower

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Originally Posted by Barcalounger

Washington DC and Oregon both pass legalization. FL would have been huge, but still a positive night.

And Alaska. Basically every place but Florida.

11-06-2014 , 01:14 PM

#84

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Its only because of 60% rule it didn't pass. 58% is a clear mandate to lawmakers to make this happen themselves, doesn't have to be a constitutional amendment to be law.

11-06-2014 , 01:42 PM

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There's literally no way the FL legislature legalizes medical marijuana and if they somehow managed to pass a bill Governor Batboy would insta veto it. You grossly overestimate the amount of givea**** the FL legislature has wrt the will of the people.

It'll be a ballot initiative again in 2016 though and it should pass easily.

11-06-2014 , 05:11 PM

#86

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I didn't say they would pass it. Just saying they have a mandate to do it. I didn't "estimate" anything.

11-06-2014 , 06:00 PM

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It's weird that you mentioned it, because iirc the Orlando Sentinel and I think the Tampa Bay Times as well used that reasoning in coming out against it ie "They should pass this in Tallahassee, not as a ballot initiative" or something. The irony here is that it has almost no chance to pass the FL legislature and a much better chance to pass as a ballot initiative.

11-06-2014 , 11:27 PM

#88

Used2Play

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That doesn't make any sense to want to see it become law one way rather than the other. Strange OP-EDs. Anyway, like you said, if it almost made it in a mid-term election with high conservative turnout it should surely make it in president race with more democratic turnout.

It just didn't seem to be acknowledged ITT that there are other ways for it to become law. It doesn't have to be a constitutional amendment.

11-10-2014 , 05:12 PM

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Four years ago, we decided that future amendments to our state Constitution would need more than 60 percent of the vote to pass.

Students of irony, take note: That change passed by only 57.8 percent.

But it passed fair and square under the rules at the time. That 57.8 percent in 2006 decided that today, even 59.99 percent of us cannot change our Constitution.

source

Irony kicks medipotheads in the nuggets

11-10-2014 , 05:29 PM

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I expect the Florida legislature to pass a medical marijuana bill before 2016. There is going to be an immense amount of pressure on individual legislators to pass the bill because nearly every county of any significance favored the bill. Plus they don't want the amendment to show up again in 2016 during a Presidential election year.

11-10-2014 , 07:43 PM

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Plus they don't want the amendment to show up again in 2016 during a Presidential election year.

Why not? They don't have to do anything and the people will do it for them. Doesn't seem like pressure to me.