Sign this petition if you live in Florida!

semajmarc · Nov 12, 2012

If you live in Florida, please sign this petition to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting removal of cannabis from schedule 1. Removing cannabis from schedule 1 will allow patients and doctors the freedom to pursue an alternative therapy where others may have failed. Please sign the petition at the link below.

Sign this petition!

semajmarc · Dec 30, 2012

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has responded to this petition which has received nearly 12,000 signatures.

Here's Pam Bondi's response:

December 12, 2012
Jodi James
Director, Cannabis Action Network
Melbourne, FL
Ms. James:
Thank you for your petition wherein you request that the Attorney
General temporarily reschedule cannabis. I have been asked to
respond on the Attorney General’s behalf.
Section 893.0355, Florida Statutes, delegates to the Attorney
General the authority to temporarily reschedule controlled
substances set forth in Section 893.03(1), Florida Statutes, by rule
and addresses what factors shall be considered when making such a
determination. The statute reads in part as follows:
(3) In making the public interest determination, the Attorney
General shall give great weight to the scheduling rules adopted by
the United States Attorney General subsequent to such substances
being listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V hereof, to achieve
the original legislative purpose of the Florida Comprehensive Drug
Abuse Prevention and Control Act of maintaining uniformity between
the laws of Florida and the laws of the United States with respect
to controlled substances.
The above quoted statutory language makes it very clear that when
determining whether a controlled substance should be rescheduled the
Attorney General must give great weight to the current drug
scheduling under federal law. In addition, Florida law also strongly
encourages uniformity in Florida and federal drug scheduling.
The Attorney General does not believe that it is in the best
interest of the public for her to use her authority to temporarily
reschedule cannabis, particularly given the legislative preference
for uniformity with federal drug laws and the fact that cannabis
remains a Schedule I drug under federal law.
Sincerely,
Edward A. Tellechea
Chief Assistant Attorney General