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Florida voters set to legalize medical marijuana : yahoo





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Florida voters set to legalize medical marijuana

Florida voters set to legalize medical marijuana
Florida voters set to legalize medical marijuana
Some 77 percent of likely voters in Florida have said they will cast ballots in favor of Amendment 2 -- which would change the state's constitution to legalize cannabis for medicinal use (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)Miami (AFP) - Voters in the US state of Florida appear overwhelmingly inclined to legalize medical marijuana in a referendum November 8, a new poll out Tuesday shows.Some 77 percent of likely voters in the southeastern state have said they will cast ballots in favor of Amendment 2 -- which would change the state's constitution to legalize cannabis for medicinal use -- according to the survey conducted by the Public Opinion Research Laboratory (PORL) at the University of North Florida."Not only are Democrats wildly supportive, but even Republicans are above the 60 percent threshold required for passage," said the laboratory's faculty director Michael Binder.


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Voters again face medical marijuana decision

Voters again face medical marijuana decision
Voters again face medical marijuana decision
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With medical marijuana already a reality in Florida, voters will decide in November whether to vastly expand the types of patients who are eligible for the treatment.It's the second time Floridians will weigh in on a medical-marijuana constitutional amendment, with the first proposal narrowly failing in 2014 to capture the 60 percent approval required for passage.But the evolving politics of pot, an already-established marijuana industry and increased voter turnout for the presidential election improve the odds of passage in 2016.


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Iowa Legislature needs to address medical marijuana

Iowa Legislature needs to address medical marijuana
Iowa Legislature needs to address medical marijuana
Buy Photo A bottle of Charlotte's Web sits on Sally Gaer's counter before she doses it out into pills for her daughter Margaret at their West Des Moines home on Thursday, July 9, 2015.Sally helped successfully lobby for a limited medical-marijuana bill in 2014, and has started receiving shipments of Charlotte's Web, a cannabis oil, for Margaret.(Photo: Brian Powers/The Register)Buy PhotoThousands of Iowans are being denied access to medical marijuana (cannabis) as a direct result of the inaction of the Iowa Legislature.


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