Bill Cotterell:
"US (FL): "Medical marijuana likely to pass this time"
Not just medicinal pot smoking. That’s already on the November ballot, and likely to pass this time. The Legislature took a second baby step toward helping terribly ill patients seeking relief from debilitating side effects this week. Proponents of the constitutional amendment allowing doctors to prescribe full-strength pot called the bill now on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk “lipstick on a pig,” but it does indicate some further acceptance of the drug.
Read the full column by Bill Cotterell at news-press.com