We, in Florida, voted down legal pot in 2014
To clarify, Florida rejected a Constitutional amendment explicitly making medical marijuana legal. The threshold for amending the constitution via referendum is 60%, and the measure only received ~57.5% support.
I personally feel the war on drugs is a war on liberty and excuse to increase the size and burden of government, and that the 'collateral damage' of this war are actually worse than what it proposes to rectify. That having been said, I don't think the State Constitution should delve into such minutia.
I'll be surprised if the legislature doesn't address it again before the next general election.
The medical marijuana initiative got 58% of the vote, 2 short of the 60% needed. The differences among the age groups were striking =>
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Ages ==> Yes/No
18-29 => 79/21
30-44 => 65/35
45-64 => 60/40
65 + ==> 38/62
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/FL/I1/exitpoll
Just barely...& only ‘cuz it was an amendment to the State Constitution, therefore the bar was set much higher than your average law would have been, correct? Hopefully they will try again in 2016, & my spirits are high that the outcome will be much different.
“We, in Florida, voted down legal pot in 2014”
Yep but right after the law firm of Harrell and Harrell vowed to continue to fight on for legalization in Fla. I’m afraid this is one of those things we’re gonna have to defeat over and over again.