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Florida Amendment 2, Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions, is an initiative that appeared on the November 4, 2014, ballot in the state of Florida as a citizen initiated state constitutional amendment. It received a higher percentage than the 2006 vote which raised the minimum requirement to a 3/5 majority,[2] although it failed to pass.
It was officially certified by the state's secretary of state to appear on the 2014 November ballot and numbered Amendment 2, not to be confused with the 2008 ban on same-sex marriage of the same name. If it had been enacted, the measure would have allowed for the cultivation, purchase, possession and use of medical cannabis to treat certain medical conditions when recommended by a licensed physician. The amendment was introduced by People United for Medical Marijuana on March 26, 2009.[3][4] As of 2014, twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have already passed legislation allowing doctors to recommend the medicinal use of marijuana thereby legalizing a patient's possession and use.[5] After the amendment failed, in 2016 a similar amendment passed.
- ^ Detzner, Ken. "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Florida Secretary of State. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ "Florida Amendment 3, 60% Majority Requirement for Constitutional Amendments Amendment (2006)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ "Initiatives/Amendments/Revisions". Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ "Kush "Florida Marijuana Initiative Needs Over 670,000 Signatures for 2014 Ballot," May 3, 2012". Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ "Oregon, Alaska, D.C. next to vote on legal marijuana".