Florida marijuana amendment ... a monopoly?

Only in America could a line of attack this dumb actually work. As if you can and would be able to grow your own if this fails. If anything, voting "yes" brings you a step closer. Though it is stupid that you can't grow your own. CA has always had a 20 plant limit, going back to when they were just medical.

 

"Couldn't"

And medical has been legal for nearly a decade in FL.

 

Not only that, but selection. Why have all of one kind when you can have a variety, for the same price?
Oh, and mine is next to Publix and has a drive-thru. Game over!

 

Curious, what do you think is actually driving most of the opposition? I've considered things to include "reefer madness"; pharma not wanting competition; the stigmas/stereotypes associated with 1960's hippies; and moral objections from the religious right. Someone also raised to me a theory that many (not all) in law enforcement don't want to lose the opportunity to justify searches when they claim to smell marijuana. Maybe it's some of all of the above, and let's have that debate. But the "monopoly" angle seems extremely disingenuous to me for the most part.

 

Or, they won't. Again, the precedent in places like CA and CO is to allow it.

 

I don't favor either political party but I don't have faith in florida politics to serve the interests of anything other than corporations. That doesn't mean florida won't follow the California model but our leadership is totally different at the moment.

 

I have known about Delta 8 and Delta 9, which are legal - but only recently heard about THCA. Anybody else tried it? I bought a THCA vape this weekend in an upscale shopping center in Destin. Completely legal. I started looking into how/why there's an apparent legal loophole, but I guess I wasn't paying enough attention in chemistry class.

Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid - Wikipedia

 

Either way, the commercials are laughably misleading and anyone who votes based on that nonsense should be stripped of their voting rights forever. I'm not joking either. Anyone that stupid should have ZERO say in the affairs of the country or state.

 

It's all of that . . . plus you left out probably the biggest contributor - Big Alcohol. Let's face it, they've taken a massive hit the last decade or so and this hasn't helped. I know so many people who have just given up drinking altogether - and more as a lifestyle choice than a moral one.

 

I think the DeSantis wing of the GOP just hates the idea of legalized weed, honestly. Like most conservatives, their opposition is mostly visceral, and almost free of ideology. I think DeSantis has made comments about not wanting Florida to smell like weed and such. Also none of those guys care about having less people in jail, they are the type of people who would love to build even more prisons, so its not like easing the burden on law enforcement matters to them. They will always want more cops and prisons. So, I think they are just using the most persuasive argument to peel off squishy voters. Basically the same reason the pro-3 commercials are featuring cops and law enforcement figures, not hippies with bongs partying down.

 

I've yet to see or listen to an anti-Amendment 3 or 4 ad that wasn't riddled with out and out lies....not just inaccuracies, lies.

 

Except he went out of his way to step on that wing and push medical through in the months following his election to Governor. Kind of like a lot of things he did his first two years, it was a common-sense approach. And then we got Pandering Ron, who has gone all-in with the MAGA Moron crowd.

 

I had so much hope after the first year or so of his governorship. Was he kicked in the head or something?

 

He just went straight pander. IDK why. I guess the POTUS run. But even that was dumb as he was always going to be MAGA's second choice at best. It's why I still hold out hope for him. I know there's a smart guy in there and perhaps if MAGA dies an agonizing death, he'll see the light and go back to Common Sense Ron instead of Pandering Ron.

 

True but most of the people I know who use medical marijuana used marijuana before it became legal.

 

Decent marijuana is WAY cheaper/easier to grow than making beer/wine/liquor.

 

I can say the same about alcohol. Haven't really touched alcohol in 30 years I did take a swallow of a drink that was bought for me by one of the other coaches of an AAU baseball team after we won a championship game but I don't count that.

 

Guilty as charged. Will be picking mine up at the Drive Thru after I get some groceries from Publix.

Side note: Medical Marijuana DOCTORS really stand to lose out if it passes. I currently pay them about $300/Year for the prescription, plus $75/Year to the state for the card. WORTH EVERY PENNY!

That said, I support the amendment on principal, but it's no real skin off my back and probably means shorter lines if it doesn't pass.

 

DeSantis Spends Taxpayer Money on Anti-Abortion and Anti-Pot Ads

I still can’t believe this is legal.

 

It is weird given that CA and CO have always had this provision, including when CA was just medical. I had a friend who had both cards back in the day when it was just medical in CA.