Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Orlando Florida’s John Morgan is nothing if not a legal pit-bull. A potential gubernatorial candidate for 2018 in the Sunshine State, the Kentucky-born attorney has filed a lawsuit against the Florida State Legislature over their smokeless medical marijuana bill.
Passed last year by a stunning vote, Florida’s Amendment 2 received 71% approval. The amendment is required by law to be in place by July 3, 2017, and operational three months later. After a protracted wait for Florida’s elected officials to act during a special session, the bill they ultimately produced fell far short of the will of the people.
Pleased the Legislature eventually got around to doing their job – passing watered-down legislation rather than leaving it to the Florida Department of Health to sort out – Morgan felt in the end that it all boiled down to politics as usual and politically-connected special interests groups.
One of the primary intentions of Amendment 2, principally authored and funded by John Morgan, was either ignored or misunderstood by state lawmakers. Pushing back on politically warped logic, Morgan told Sunshine State News, “I don’t know what their problem is with…
