{"id":1050,"date":"2015-12-14T18:56:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T18:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2015-12-14T22:48:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T22:48:27","slug":"recreational-marijuana-is-coming-to-florida-whether-you-like-it-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/2015\/12\/14\/recreational-marijuana-is-coming-to-florida-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational Marijuana is coming to Florida, Whether You Like it or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It just seems like no matter how hard Floridians try to legalize marijuana they just keep getting<\/p>\n

shut down. On Nov, 4th 2014, a ballot initiative that would have amended the Florida Constitution to<\/p>\n

allow for medical marijuana just narrowly missed the 60% needed to pass in Florida by 2%. Activist\u2019s<\/p>\n

hopes were high that the legislature would have respond to the 58% vote from Florida\u2019s population and<\/p>\n

try to give the people they represent what they want. However, any attempts to pass legislation were<\/p>\n

shot down.<\/p>\n

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Now we see many Floridian counties and cities passing local ordinances to decriminalize<\/p>\n

possession of cannabis. Starting with Miami-Dade County decriminalizing and most recently St<\/p>\n

Petersburg. This shows that no matter what hurdles the Florida Legislature will put in front of Floridians<\/p>\n

the Florida population will not allow their freedom to be denied. Floridians have shown that they want<\/p>\n

legalized marijuana and they will do everything in their power to get it.<\/p>\n

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Read More on Florida\u2019s Attempts to Decriminalize Marijuana Here<\/a><\/p>\n

By:<\/p>\n

Carlos Jose Angel Hermida, M.B.A.<\/a><\/p>\n

Deputy Director, Central Florida NORML<\/a><\/p>\n

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Do you think marijuana should be legalized in Florida?<\/strong><\/p>