Will Moon cabbage make the Ballot

[RICH1]

TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have passed a preliminary hurdle to get on the 2024 ballot, submitting more than enough petition signatures to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review of the measure.

The “Smart & Safe Florida” political committee, which has been bankrolled by the multistate cannabis operator Trulieve, had submitted 294,037 valid petition signatures as of Thursday afternoon, according to the state Division of Elections website. At least 222,898 signatures are required for the court to review the proposed wording of the measure, a key legal step in the process.

It may Reduce our Property Taxes ….

[zmarkp]

Moon cabbage?

I think you mean The Devil's Lettuce...

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I was against medical marijuana from the very beginning. But since they've now allowed it, I would like to see it legalized for recreational use.

The thing is that a high percentage of those that get medical card are using it recreationally anyway. These doctors that get a license to issue the cards are a joke. You go in and tell them that you have aches and pains, they charge you $300 and give you the license. It's all a giant scam.

Legalize it, sell it either in liquor stores or pharmacies and tax it. Nothing will change except that some unscrupulous doctors won't become billionaires.

[Pairadocs]

TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have passed a preliminary hurdle to get on the 2024 ballot, submitting more than enough petition signatures to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review of the measure.

The “Smart & Safe Florida” political committee, which has been bankrolled by the multistate cannabis operator Trulieve, had submitted 294,037 valid petition signatures as of Thursday afternoon, according to the state Division of Elections website. At least 222,898 signatures are required for the court to review the proposed wording of the measure, a key legal step in the process.

It may Reduce our Property Taxes ….

Understand... but must consider all possibilities. Would it also prompt even higher auto insurance premiums ? Would it increase the number of parents who are not as attentive as they should be with their children (same a those who drink to keep an "easy going" state of mind), would it make job of police officers even more difficult ? Would it increase the number of teachers who "take the edge off" before going to teach their classes ?

Don't know if any of these might happen, but... life experience has taught me it is always best to consider ALL the possibilities ! Not "apples to apples" but, just mentioning I have just finished my 4th book on the opium wars in China. Anyone interested in really understanding why China hates the west, just how far addiction can go in destroying the human spirit, economy, government, the family structure, reading about this part of history might amaze you.

[ThirdOfFive]

I was against medical marijuana from the very beginning. But since they've now allowed it, I would like to see it legalized for recreational use.

The thing is that a high percentage of those that get medical card are using it recreationally anyway. These doctors that get a license to issue the cards are a joke. You go in and tell them that you have aches and pains, they charge you $300 and give you the license. It's all a giant scam.

Legalize it, sell it either in liquor stores or pharmacies and tax it. Nothing will change except that some unscrupulous doctors won't become billionaires.
GREAT points.

Lots of unscrupulousness associated with drugs, and not just doctors. Remember the epi-pen fiasco from a few years back? Well, that is far from the only example. Snakebite antivenin is another. A youngster in Indiana was bitten by a copperhead, not the most poisonous of the pit vipers. But her bill for treatment came to a total of "$142,938, including $67,957 for four vials of antivenin". ("Summer Bummer: A Young Camper’s $142,938 Snakebite", Carmen Heredia Rodrigues, April 30, 2019, KHN dot org/news). The antivenin in question was CroFab--the precise same drug that is available in Mexico for $200.00 per vial! For the record, the "treatment" included ER, four vials of CroFab, and a day in the hospital for "observation". Oh--and in addition to the antivenin and hospital stay, there was a bill for $55,577.64--for an 80-mile helicopter ride from a parking lot to the hospital.

America is fixated on drugs. From the stranglehold the FDA has on the legal drug trade in America to the profiteering producers to the unscrupulous vendors, we are paying prices that are beyond outrageous--and even more outrageous is the fact that because of insurance and opaque billing practices, much of the time we aren't even aware we're paying them! But we do. If not up-front then in hugely bloated insurance premiums.

I hope recreational marijuana is approved, if only to get the government's tentacles out of it. But even then, you can bet the farm that recreational use will be obscured with a flood of regulations concerning purity, sources, etc. etc. And don't forget the "revenooers". Nicotine is a "recreational" drug. Alcohol was a "recreational" drug in America for a very short time: to 1792 as a matter of fact, when the government decided that they couldn't let such a cash cow go to waste and slapped on the first "whiskey tax". I doubt they'll let recreational weed go it's own way for very long.

Legal, available--and expensive! Even if it is legalized there will still be a thriving black market for the stuff, with all the criminality associated with it now. People go to jail today for selling individual cigarettes on the street to those who can't afford to pay $10 or more a pack because of the tax. Do you think marijuana will be any different?

I don't.

[mike234]

TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have passed a preliminary hurdle to get on the 2024 ballot, submitting more than enough petition signatures to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review of the measure.

The “Smart & Safe Florida” political committee, which has been bankrolled by the multistate cannabis operator Trulieve, had submitted 294,037 valid petition signatures as of Thursday afternoon, according to the state Division of Elections website. At least 222,898 signatures are required for the court to review the proposed wording of the measure, a key legal step in the process.

It may Reduce our Property Taxes ….
what people dont like is the smell and smoke. I simply pop a couple of gummies, head out to the bar and watch the clueless people walk around. it is hysterical. and no one knows the difference..

[JohnN]

Getting it on the ballot will be the easier part. The hard part will be getting the legislature to not somehow bury it.