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Mikayla Hellwich
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LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST
PROHIBITION (LEAP) ENDORSES FL MEDICAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVE
Law Enforcement, Criminal
Justice Experts Support Amendment 2 to Protect Patient Rights
Law Enforcement
Against Prohibition (LEAP), a nonprofit group of police, judges, prosecutors, and
other criminal justice professionals advocating for marijuana reform, endorses Amendment
2 as a means of protecting the rights and safety of sick, elderly, and disabled
patients. Amendment 2 will allow patients with debilitating conditions, as outlined by the bill,
to purchase marijuana from licensed, regulated dispensaries.
“Florida is known as a comfortable place for retirees,
many of whom battle with painful and debilitating conditions,” said Special
Agent Ray Strack (Ret.), a veteran U.S. Customs agent and speaker for LEAP. “Passing
Amendment 2 will be fantastic for people, no different from our parents and
grandparents, who are suffering and will benefit from safe and regulated access
to medical marijuana.”
Amendment 2 is endorsed by The Miami Herald and other
major newspapers, ACLU of Florida, Florida NAACP, Teamsters 2011, Palm Beach
County Democratic Black Caucus, United Teachers of Dade, and U.S. Reps. Corrine
Brown, Joe Garcia, Alcee Hastings, and other state legislators.
Twenty-five states and D.C. have legalized
some form of medical marijuana access. Florida is one of four states voting to
reform medical marijuana laws this election.
LEAP is
committed to ending decades of failed marijuana policies that have damaged the
lives of countless Americans and their families, slowed the justice system at
every level, and eroded trust between communities and police.
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