Legislators file medical marijuana legislation as a "framework" for constitutional amendment | Tampa Bay Times

Could Florida be the first southern state to allow legal medical marijuana? As it is drafted, a law would allow it for specific conditions and be tightly regulated. Senator Jeff Clemens is one of the bill's sponsors and he had a press conference yesterday. Click title for link. From the article:

“We’ve seen a seismic shift in how the legislature is beginning to look at these issues,” said Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, at a press conference Monday to announce his 157-page bill, the "Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act" (SB 962), with House sponsor Rep. Joe Saunders, D-Orlando.
Clemens pointed to efforts by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, and Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, to decriminalize the strain of non-psychoactive marijuana known as “Charlotte’s Web” to help children with seizures, as a sign of bipartisan progress.