Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, has said this week that he wants residents of Florida to smoke medical marijuana and wants lawmakers to change a state law that bans them from doing so.
DeSantis has said that he will drop a state court appeal that seeks to reverse a judge’s ruling overturning the smoking ban.
“What the Florida Legislature has done to implement the people’s will has not been done in accordance with what the amendment envisioned,” DeSantis said. “Whether (patients) want to smoke it or not, who am I to judge that? I want people to be able to have their suffering relieved. I don’t think this law is up to snuff.”
“I am somebody who respects the prerogative of the Legislature,” DeSantis said “I don’t want these things handled judicially if we can help it.”
House Speaker Jose Oliva in a statement said he appreciated the governor’s willingness to work with them. He said, “The House will work with the governor on his priorities, including ensuring patients have options and our kids remain protected.”
“There’s different views among the Republicans in the House, and the Democrats, so let’s just see if we can get majority behind what the people expected us to do,” DeSantis said.
