A Florida medical marijuana certification company is seeking to block an adult-use cannabis legalization ballot initiative in the state Supreme Court, arguing that the reform “disproportionately prioritizes” profits from recreational sales and that it would “significantly impact our business operations and the well-being of our clients.”
My Florida Green, a service that connects patients seeking medical cannabis cards to doctors who can certify them, is asking the court to allow it to submit an amicus curiae brief in the case contesting the Smart & Safe Florida legalization measure that was brought by state Attorney General Ashley Moody (R).
The company says that it’s not opposed to adult-use legalization in principle, but it’s arguing that there are “potential consequences” of the 2024 constitutional amendment that could impact “patient care and public health.”
“We are not attempting to block adult use,” My Florida Green CEO Nick Garulay told Marijuana Moment. “However, we are shedding light on the bastardizing of the constitutional amendment that we passed for medical [cannabis] back in 2016.”
In a letter sent to the court last month, My Florida Green recognized that it missed the deadline to file an amicus curiae brief, but it requested that justices exercise discretion
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