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Florida to Vote on Marijuana Legalization

Florida’s voters are embarking on the most crucial election of their lives — voting for or against the use of medically-authorized marijuana. That marijuana can be fully taxed and regulated, as with alcohol and tobacco, is a good choice for our state’s lawmakers to make.

Jeb Bush and most conservative politicians, of course, will resort to the think-of-the-children approach by attacking marijuana users and even seriously ill patients. It’s unsurprising that more than 80 percent of residents in Florida are overwhelmingly supporting the legalization of marijuana, while 10 percent oppose it.

Can Congress part ways with its narrow-mindedness and support legalization of marijuana for a better country?

Source: Sun Sentinel

Pa. lawmakers hear from backers of medicinal marijuana

HARRISBURG (AP) – Parents who say their seizure-wracked children might benefit from oil extracted from marijuana went to the Pennsylvania Capitol as lawmakers joined the national debate over legalizing marijuana.

The parents’ visit Tuesday coincided with a hearing before the Senate Law and Justice Committee on a bill to allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The hearing was ongoing Tuesday.

The legislation would permit people with medical needs and a doctor’s approval to obtain an identification card that would enable them to buy marijuana legally.

Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, opposes the measure. But Cara Salemme of Spring Grove says that if the bill doesn’t pass she’ll leave Pennsylvania for a state that allows it to help her 7-year-old son Jackson who has seizures daily and hasn’t spoken in three years.