Re: "Not all officers are opposing medical marijuana" (My View, Sept. 3).

The Florida Sheriffs Association would like to respond to several inaccurate statements made by Ray Strack.

First, the sheriffs in Florida are indeed compassionate and understand the complexity of the issue, which is why the Florida Sheriffs Association supported the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 (SB 1030). This new law now authorizes the cultivation, testing and distribution of a strain of low-THC marijuana to certain individuals with debilitating diseases. This strain will be delivered to patients in an oil-based format in order to provide medicinal value - without the effects of getting high.

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