In 2016, 71 percent of voters in the state of Florida approved Amendment 2 to the State Constitution. Despite this, the state of Florida has sat at a crossroads in its efforts to implement medical marijuana statewide.

Amendment 2 provided a very clear voter-approved mandate to the state to implement a medical marijuana program statewide. It was an expansion of the former “Charlotte’s Web” law, which was passed to address certain medical conditions for which medical marijuana could be ordered (medical marijuana is not “prescribed” but is instead “ordered” as for example, a blood test may be ordered by a doctor).