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I am a registered voter of Florida and hereby petition the Secretary of State to place the following proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution on the ballot

in the general election:

BALLOT TITLE: Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions

BALLOT SUMMARY: Allows medical use of marijuana for individuals with debilitating medical conditions as determined by

a licensed Florida physician. Allows caregivers to assist patients’ medical use of marijuana. The Department of Health shall

register and regulate centers that produce and distribute marijuana for medical purposes and shall issue identification cards

to patients and caregivers. Applies only to Florida law. Does not immunize violations of federal law or any non-medical use,

possession or production of marijuana.

ARTICLE AND SECTION BEING CREATED OR AMENDED: Article X, Section 29

FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT:

ARTICLE X, SECTION 29.– Medical marijuana production, possession and use.

(a)

PUBLIC POLICY.

(1)

The medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient or caregiver in compliance with this section is not subject to criminal or civil

liability or sanctions under Florida law.

(2)

A physician shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions under Florida law solely for issuing a physician certification

with reasonable care to a person diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition in compliance with this section.

(3)

Actions and conduct by a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center registered with the Department, or its agents or employees, and in

compliance with this section and Department regulations, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions under Florida law.

(b)

DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(1)

“Debilitating Medical Condition” means cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired

immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn's disease, Parkinson's

disease, multiple sclerosis, or other debilitating medical conditions of the same kind or class as or comparable to those enumerated, and for

which a physician believes that the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential health risks for a patient.

(2)

“Department” means the Department of Health or its successor agency.

(3)

“Identification card” means a document issued by the Department that identifies a qualifying patient or a caregiver.

(4)

“Marijuana” has the meaning given cannabis in Section 893.02(3), Florida Statutes (2014), and, in addition, “Low-THC cannabis” as

defined in Section 381.986(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2014), shall also be included in the meaning of the term “marijuana.”

(5)

“Medical Marijuana Treatment Center” (MMTC) means an entity that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including

development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or

administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their caregivers and is

registered by the Department.

(6)

“Medical use” means the acquisition, possession, use, delivery, transfer, or administration of an amount of marijuana not in conflict

with Department rules, or of related supplies by a qualifying patient or caregiver for use by the caregiver’s designated qualifying patient for the

treatment of a debilitating medical condition.

(7)

“Caregiver” means a person who is at least twenty-one (21) years old who has agreed to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use

of marijuana and has qualified for and obtained a caregiver identification card issued by the Department. The Department may limit the

number of qualifying patients a caregiver may assist at one time and the number of caregivers that a qualifying patient may have at one time.

Caregivers are prohibited from consuming marijuana obtained for medical use by the qualifying patient.

(8)

“Physician” means a person who is licensed to practice medicine in Florida.

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