Pubdate: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 Source: Pensacola News Journal (FL) Copyright: 2014 The Pensacola News Journal Contact: http://static.pnj.com/contactus-form/ Website: http://www.pnj.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1675 Author: Hugh B. Hall Jr. NO MARIJUANA IN CONSTITUTION Thank you for your excellent editorial, "'NO' to Amendment 2." As you state, we already have a medical marijuana law that provides "a specific strain of medical marijuana that drastically reduced seizures." It also provides for other medical conditions as well. If anyone has questions about this law, let him or her ask our representative, Matt Gaetz, who helped draft the legislation. Because we already have a law, we don't need another, much less an amendment to the Constitution! Amendment 2 is opposed by seven former justices of the Florida Supreme Court, including our own Justice Kenneth Bell, and by the Florida Sheriffs Association. Sheriff David Morgan has spoken publicly and forcefully against Amendment 2. I think you are exactly right. There is "a flood of money surrounding this amendment." This is big business at its worst. The motivation here is not mercy, but money! This is the service of Mammon, with no regard for its effect on society. When I first heard about Amendment 2, I was impressed. I thought I was being compassionate, but now I realize I was being conned! Thank you again for your editorial. Vote "NO" to Amendment 2! - - Hugh B. Hall Jr. Gulf Breeze - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom