Pubdate: Sun, 12 Oct 2014
Source: Tampa Bay Times (FL)
Copyright: 2014 St. Petersburg Times
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Author: M. McGlone

EASE THE SUFFERING

I am shocked by the recommendation made by this newspaper on Amendment
2. It is my understanding of the proposal that it was definitive for
certain diseases but was purposely left open for the Legislature and
the Florida Department of Health to enact strict guidelines in its
implementation and the inclusion of all other medical conditions. I am
sorry that our lawmakers and civilian employees may have to do their
jobs and act because, as your opinion states, 'there has been no other
viable alternative' except 'through a constitutional amendment.' I am
one of those people suffering with one of the eight debilitating
diseases listed. My chronic pain would be better served by marijuana
usage instead of my steadily increasing cocktail of medications.
Instead of big business getting richer through the ever-increasing
cost of medicines that are addictive and more harmful to the body than
marijuana, it is time to listen to the people of this state, not the
pharmaceutical lobbyists.

Vote yes on Amendment 2 and ease my suffering and that of countless
other Floridians.

M. McGlone, Tampa
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