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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs smokable medical marijuana bill
TALLAHASSEE Patients who receive medical marijuana from their doctors will be able to smoke the substance legally, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.
The bill (SB 182) is the first of DeSantis short tenure and an early legislative victory. DeSantis insisted that lawmakers repeal the states ban on smokable medical marijuana by last Friday, or he would drop the states appeal of an ongoing lawsuit over the ban.
More than 70 percent of voters approved a ballot measure in 2016 legalizing marijuana for medical use, but the Legislature passed a bill a year later that nevertheless banned it in smokable forms.
Orlando attorney John Morgan, who bankrolled the push to put the measure on the ballot, filed suit, saying the intent of the amendment allowed for smokable marijuana. A lower court agreed but Gov. Rick Scott, DeSantis predecessor, appealed the ruling last year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-smokable-medical-marijuana-bill/ar-BBUW1y2?li=BBnb7Kz
mcar
(42,334 posts)But DeRacist is still scum.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Ahpook
(2,750 posts)What southern state will be the first to legalize?
It has to be Florida or Texas!
Its coming, and the rest of the belt will follow
On edit: I bet Alabammer and Tennersee miyght hold out for a smidge. The thumpers have the sway?