Governor DeSantis has acknowledged before that roughly 70% of Floridians support medical marijuana. The medical marijuana smoking ban was enacted in 2017 by Florida's representatives after Florida voters approved a Constitutional Amendment to decriminalize Marijuana for medical use in 2016. The ban was approved and signed into law by former Florida Governor, Rick Scott, which led to a lawsuit that led to the ban to be unconstitutional.
Under the new medical marijuana smoking law, smoking marijuana products would not be available to patients who are minors for purchase under the age of 18 unless they are terminally ill and if two doctors, including a pediatrician, approve it as a form of treatment. Marijuana cannot also be smoked in public, nor can it breach any other smoking ban which shares policies regarding smoking cigarettes on private property. Private property owners retain the right to prohibit smoking on their premises and also no more than 4 ounces of marijuana can be in anyone's possession.
This was hailed as a "hallmark victory" for prison rights activists, and medical marijuana patients. Experts say that medical marijuana sales receipts alone can account for roughly a billion dollars in revenue for the state of Florida.
