By federal law, the untold amount of Floridians who legally own firearms and the more than 2 million residents registered to carry a concealed weapon cannot use medical marijuana to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, ALS, glaucoma or post-traumatic stress disorder — despite a 2017 state law allowing weed to be prescribed by doctors.
It’s unclear how the law will be enforced locally in the “gunshine state,” and the issue appears to be more apposite as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday repealed four Obama-era directives discouraging federal prosecutors from pursuing criminal marijuana cases in states that legalized recreational pot use. Read More…
By federal law, the untold amount of Floridians who legally own firearms and the more than 2 million residents registered to carry a concealed weapon cannot use medical marijuana to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, ALS, glaucoma or post-traumatic stress disorder — despite a 2017 state law allowing weed to be prescribed by doctors.
It’s unclear how the law will be enforced locally in the “gunshine state,” and the issue appears to be more apposite as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday repealed four Obama-era directives discouraging federal prosecutors from pursuing criminal marijuana cases in states that legalized recreational pot use. Read More…
