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Newshawk: Jim
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/GCNOS7eM
Pubdate: Sun, 12 Oct 2014
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
Copyright: 2014 News-Journal Corporation
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Website: http://www.news-journalonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/700
Note: gives priority to local writers
AMENDMENT 2: MEDICAL MARIJUANA BLURRING THE LINE ON POT
Supporters of Amendment 2 are seeking to have Florida join the 23
states and the District of Columbia that have legalized the medical
use of marijuana. For many, the issue is highly emotional. Either they
or their loved ones suffer severe pain from debilitating conditions,
and believe only cannabis can provide relief. They seek to amend the
state constitution in order to deliver the compassionate medical care
they charge the Legislature has failed to do.
Good intentions, however, are no substitute for well-crafted law, and
in Florida's case its medical marijuana initiative comes up short when
compared to most other states.
Amendment 2 would allow the medical use of marijuana for individuals
with "debilitating diseases," which the measure defines as "cancer,
glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ),
acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ), hepatitis C, amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis ( ALS ), Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease,
multiple sclerosis or other conditions for which a physician believes
that the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential
health risks for a patient" ( emphasis added ).
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MAP posted-by: Richard
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