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Times recommends: Vote no on St. Petersburg Charter amendment 10/06/2014 amendment, vote no
Times recommends: Vote no on Amendment 2, medical marijuana 10/03/2014 amendment, vote no
Adam Putnam and Florida Chamber Take Aim at Amendment 2 10/02/2014 amendment, putman, agriculture, Business, tourism
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops-AMENDMENT 2 Concerns Require a Closer Look October 1, 2014 10/01/2014 religious leader, church, amendment, Bishops, vote no
Tribune editorial: Voters should reject the medical marijuana amendment 09/30/2014 vote no, amendment
Pastor's Blog: About Medical Marijuana 09/28/2014 catholic, religious leader, church, amendment

Let’s call a spade a spade.  Don’t be fooled to think you are helping the sick by voting for this when, in fact, you would just be making marijuana accessible to virtually everyone.  
On Pot Vote, Think of Kids, Teens 09/26/2014 church, religious leader, amendment
Sheriff Don Eslinger: Amendment 2 puts families and communities in danger 09/26/2014 amendment, youth, Florida
Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Physicians Discuss Negative Impact of Marijuana and Edible Products 09/25/2014 amendment, Sheriff
Baptist Convention: RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA 09/24/2014 religious leader, church, amendment, vote no
Florida Taxwatch 2014 Voter Guide 09/13/2014 voters, amendment, vote no
International Drive Chamber Resolution 09/12/2014 Resolution, amendment, vote no
Ex-Florida Supreme Court justices against amendment for medical marijuana 09/09/2014 judges, supreme court, vote no, amendment
Former justices: Why voters should reject medical marijuana amendment 09/07/2014 amendment, vote no, judges, legalization
Lawyers, not doctors, push medical pot: My Word 09/04/2014 Doctors, amendment
Bishop Robert Lynch- Going to Pot ! Really? 09/04/2014 amendment, Bishop Lynch, religious leader, church
Bob Gualtieri, Drug Free America worry about broad medical marijuana language 08/21/2014 Doctors, amendment
FORMER GOVERNOR JEB BUSH JOINS COALITION AGAINST AMENDMENT 2 08/14/2014 Bush, amendment, vote no
5 things you won’t see in Florida’s medical marijuana regulations 08/04/2014 amendment

The things you won't see in the law are:

  • Suggestions on addressing the local zoning regulations. “We can’t fix local zoning, so that has to be negotiated at the local level,” Tschetter said.
  • Suggestions that pharmacists should be a part of the bill.
  • Certain recommendations on business practices, such as requiring that the business can’t be sold for two years, that they have in-state partners, that they have certain kinds of insurance. Those ideas aren't in the law itself, drive up cost and could delay implementation,Tschetter said.
  • What medical conditions should qualify for the use of medical marijuana. That’s defined in the law.
  • The legal status of the source material. “Once it's here it’s legal,” Tschetter said.
Florida Medical Marijuana Dangerous? Calvina Fay Claims Legal Weed Amendment Is Really Recreational Marijuana 07/30/2014 youth, amendment
Opponents continue to slam Amendment 2, allowing medical pot 07/30/2014 amendment
Marijuana Legalization Would Be 'a Health Catastrophe' 07/30/2014 amendment
Amendment 2 is backdoor to legalize pot 07/28/2014 amendment, Florida
Amendment is not needed for medical marijuana 06/27/2014 amendment, Charlotte's Web
Pope Francis Condemns Legalization of Marijuana 06/20/2014 legalization, Pope, church, amendment, religious leader

Francis told members of a drug-enforcement conference meeting in Rome on Friday that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs “are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.”     Unless of course the desired effect is to get High.
Republicans jump into Florida campaign against medical marijuana 06/11/2014 amendment
Less than 5 percent of medical marijuana users have cancer or AIDS, opposition group says 05/30/2014 amendment, cancer, AIDS

Evidence does suggest fairly strongly that the people who use medical marijuana for cancer or AIDS is a small percentage of all users.
'Vote No on 2' Group Is Actually Helping the Amendment Work 05/29/2014 amendment
Base Amendment 2 vote on fact, not emotion 05/18/2014 addiction, Doctors, amendment
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