Florida employers face a continuously evolving legal landscape in dealing with the issue of medical marijuana. For example, as we rang in the New Year on Jan. 1, the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014, which legalizes a low-level cannabinoid commonly known as Charlotte’s Web, went into effect. That Act was passed in large part because of the heart-wrenching stories of children suffering from seizures, who obtain relief from Charlotte’s Web. The act states that Charlotte’s Web can be used for medical patients suffering from cancer or from other medical conditions that cause chronic seizures.
While the Charlotte’s Web issue is important to those who seek to use it to relieve their—or their children’s—symptoms, Florida’s larger medical marijuana story played out on Nov. 4 when a majority of Florida voters, about 58%, voted to expand access to medical marijuana. Despite the majority vote, the Florida Right to Marijuana Initiative, commonly known as Amendment 2, failed to pass because it did not receive supermajority support, or 60% of the votes, which is necessary to amend Florida’s Constitution.
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