Comments on: DeSantis Presses Lawmakers For Pot Changes

By: Wolfcalling

Wolfcalling — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:52:59 +0000

First – I am a medical marijuana user, so I DO have some skin in this game. I am also a professional, homeowner, and responsible adult. I have been living with AS now for going on 6 years. It is excruciating pain on a daily basis, and I do not want to go on opioids, so I am super thankful for the voters of this state having some compassion for those of us who are suffering. I could care less if flower is legalized, as I loathe the burn associated with smoking flower. I use the capsules, vape, and concentrate. I do think patients should be able to purchase flower, as it is cheaper and the vape and other forms are extremely expensive.

It is my hope that those who who are narrow minded and think we are all “pot heads” would actually sit down with someone who’s life has been changed for the better by this law passing. I am able to vape when I get home from work to soothe the intense pain from sitting at a desk all day. My tissues, muscles, and ligaments along my spine are calcifying into bone – fusing my spine together. I am only 38! This has changed the game for me and I hope all of you reading this will put down your preconceived notions and understand that this alternative is far better than narcotic drugs.

By: David

David — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:01:52 +0000

Since 2012, the year when Colorado voters passed recreational marijuana legalization, the number of crimes in Denver has grown by about 44 percent, according to annual figures the city reported to the National Incident Based Reporting System. In the past, police have argued that system potentially overcounts crimes and have preferred instead to cite the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, which shows a 3.5 percent increase over the same span. Both of those increases are tempered when taking population growth into account.

But, regardless of the counting system, marijuana’s contribution to the measurement is small.

By: Todd Gulledge

Todd Gulledge — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:45:04 +0000

Just free the weed…2020 fully legal…

By: taxman

taxman — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:17:06 +0000

What could we do with all of that regulated tax money. Hmmmmm

By: News Maven

News Maven — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 06:43:49 +0000

When I voted for medical marijuana, I was under the impression it was in a non-THC form of oi, put under the tongue. Not smokeable, which I’ve read is a poor way to deliver a therapeutic drug. Now, the potheads are at the gate, clamoring for more, more, more. And DeSantis seems to be buying it.
This is just like the progressive shift in policy on gay marriage. From “no way” to civil unions to flat-out “here’s your marriage license, Tom & Jerry.” Morals get chipped away until crazy is the law of the land.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 13:09:14 +0000

Medical marijuana is fine, if regulated and enforced as is should be and not be a stepping stone to full and open marijuana use. Otherwise, Florida will turn into another Denver with a pot shop on every corner, an invasion of drug users from all over the country to our tourist and family oriented state, petty and serious crime skyrocketing, and housing and medical services taxed way beyond their limits, with both’s consumer pricing going out of reach for the average family with these same families who previously supported a fair tax base, leaving town for a better life. Yes, this is what Denver has turned into.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:54:24 +0000

I just hope we dont eventually become another Denver with a Pot Shop in every corner, have an invasion of drug users from across the country, resulting in tremendous pressure on housing and medical services, children as young as elementary school using pot, and petty and serious crime increasing exponentially!

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:19:07 +0000

Decriminalize it alltogether while youre at it.