Residents Continue to Push for Smoking Medical Marijuana  – UPDATE- January 2020

UPDATE – JANUARY 2020

Smoking Medical Marijuana is NOW LEGAL in Florida!

CHECK OUT THIS HELPFUL VIDEO about smoking medical marijuana.

This change signifies enormous progress.  As more and more lawmakers are opening up to the real-life reported benefits of medical marijuana, we can expect a continual change in the right direction for patients who depend on their medication for a better quality of life.  If you are interested in medical marijuana for yourself, SIGN UP FOR A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT NOW.  We make it super easy and super affordable!

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Residents Continue to Push for Smoking Medical Marijuana -Medical Marijuana Advocates Demand Rick Scott Take Action on Smoking Medical Marijuana

Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 3:04 pm

Protesters gather in downtown Orlando demanding Rick Scott take action on medical marijuana

Dozens of medical marijuana advocates gathered at Lake Eola park on Wednesday, blaming Governor Rick Scott for a restriction on smokable medical marijuana. Medical marijuana was voted into legalization in Florida by more than 70% majority vote on November 8th 2016. Advocated say they know what they voted for, claiming that smokable medical marijuana was included, however opponents have argued that allowing it to be smoked would just be a backdoor to recreational use. There is currently a case in the state appeals court attempting to overturn this ban, but so far judges have refused to allow medical marijuana to be smoked.

“Rick Scott is pretty personally standing in the way of the will of the people,” said rally organizer Brett Pufferbarger, the PR director for Buds for Vets, a support group for veterans seeking health help from cannabis. “It doesn’t matter what party we’re from, what organization we’re from, where we’re from – Rick Scott’s got to go. He hates us.”

Local politicians Anna Eskamani and Carlos Guillermo Smith were also in attendance.

One of the issues that Orlando community members are fuming about is Scott’s ongoing fight to not allow medical marijuana to be smoked.

In June, a Florida judge ruled that medical marijuana should be smokable for the second time after Rick Scott put a stay on the initial ruling. Now, Scott has once again appealed the decision, delaying the process and restricting patients from access to smokable marijuana.

“I think Orlando has been through a lot recently, so I think that if that’s what it takes to help people heal – and I know there’s a lot of people in this community that need healing – then that’s a big deal here,” said Puffenbarger.

Author: Scott Lawrence

Scott is a cannabis fan, enjoying the experience as much as the feeling.