Florida Governor's Opposition to Medical Marijuana Hurts His Senate Bid
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R)
ST. PETERSBURG, FL Republican Governor Rick Scotts failure to expeditiously implement Floridas voter-approved medical cannabislawhurts his support among voters, according topolling datacompiled by StPetePolls.org for FloridaPolitics.com.
Nearly half of voters polled (49 percent) said that they are less likely to support Scotts US Senate candidacy because he opposed medical marijuana legalization, and because his administration delayed implementation of the [voter-initiated] law. Only 37 percent of respondents said that they would be more likely to support his candidacy.
Seventy-one percent of voters in November 2016 approved Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment to permit medical cannabis access. Lawmakers in 2017 significantly amended the law to bar patients use of smoked cannabis, among other changes.
In May ...
