Legalized Marijuana Doesn't Belong in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Although California’s Assembly Bill 390 to tax and regulate pot died in its Health committee last week, at least one Sun Sentinel columnist feels it’s time to tax and legalize pot in the Sunshine state. Kingsley Guy writes, “Florida isn't California, and marijuana legalization and taxation will be more difficult to sell here. But it's time to start pushing hard for it.”
The pro-drug invasion has already begun in Florida. Signatures are currently being gathered to place an initiative on the state ballot that would legalize marijuana under the guise of medicine and allow for pot shops. If passed, Florida could face the same ongoing disastrous issues as California has for quite some time.
Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America Foundation and a Florida resident said, “Taxed pot is not the answer to any state’s economic crisis. Legalizing a toxic weed would surely increase societal costs relating to drug treatment and healthcare which would far outweigh any generated revenue.”
Fay also warns, “As far as medi-pot, Florida residents should be concerned about replicating California’s failures. Studies show that in cities like San Diego where this issue has been closely examined, only 2% of those smoking marijuana under the guise of medicine have serious conditions such as AIDS, glaucoma or cancer. A full 98% are ‘treating’ conditions such as back and neck pain, anxiety, muscle spasms, insomnia, headaches and other less significant conditions. But even more troubling is that 12% of the users are under 21!”
“Public safety would also be affected by any legislation and/or initiative that seeks to legalize marijuana for any reason. The increase of domestic violence and child abuse associated with substance abuse would be a likely result, not to mention increased drugged driving rates and vehicular fatalities,” concluded Fay.
Drug Free America Foundation is dedicated to fighting drug use, drug addiction and drug trafficking and to promoting effective sound drug policies, education and prevention. For more discussion please visit our blog at www.dfaf.org
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how blind can you be?? most of the ppl that medicate themselves would rather consume marijuana then to take a pill and then take another pill for the first pill oh then take another pill to counter act for the first two pills sooooo on and soooooo forth...... picture a person that is sick, in pain, whatever the case may be... but imagine them with a cookie in one hand or a hand full of pills in the other..... last time i checked this was america land of the free..... its my right why should i have to give that up???
You all seem pissed.. Have you contacted your representatives? Have you signed the petition?
You better believe this organization talks to their representatives ALL THE TIME. We have no chance of changing these laws until we all do the same..
This article makes me want to crawl through the internet and punch the author's face off. :)
What a moron!
Calvina Fay you sir are a ignorant waste of life. Watch the documentary the union the business of getting high, it will teach you everything you obviously DON'T KNOW!
Here's how to win this argument. Toxic marijuana obviously kills. Just list the number of dead people due to marijuana overdose over the last decade. I don't know what the answer is, but I'm sure that the number must be very high. If people could get this information from a trustworthy source, such as our government, then they would be too scared to use it.
TRUE, the numbers of deaths due to overdose is very high, so high that already reached 0 lol, and remember that weed also causes you to kill everybody in your family, it will make you rape that little 5 years old neighboor, it will make you go super insane, also you will end up in a corner sucking diiicks for a gram
so everybody needs to watch "reefers maddnes" and believe what the gov says lol.
The death counting clock ran out and had to start all over again, Oh My God! This is horrible!
I didn't know about the fact that marijuana helps you to limit the raping of ages 5 and up. I heard that one time a long time ago, a man was three miles away from one of those pot parties. The smoke must have drifted the whole distance toward him, causing brain damage. 20 years later, he got hit by a bus. This is very scary!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007 #
^watch that movie...copy and paste into url bar if it isn't linked.
When no matter how many bare knuckles brawls we have on this site, practically everyone understands that absurdity of the drug war and marijuana prohibition . It gives this group a lot of credit IMO that we aren't totally driven by ideology because ideology is the only excuse for supporting continued prohibition, practicality demands an end to this regressive and deadly battle. At least from a debarred perspective. I understand that the masses are followers, but to stand up for prohibition, you must be solely driven by an ideological bent.