Medicinal marijuana is officially on the Florida ballot.
Monday afternoon, the Florida Supreme Court approved the medical marijuana bill with a 4-3 ruling, according to United For Care’s Facebook page.
United For Care, the organization supporting the Florida initiative, called the approval “an enormous victory for Floridians” on its Facebook page.
Alex Gimble, the political chair for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Gators, said the state has come a long way since the petition to put the bill on the ballot was introduced in July.
“I think if you tried to tell someone about this a year ago, they’d probably think you were crazy,” he said.
Carissa Gerzeny, a 21-year-old UF telecommunication junior, said she’s happy she’ll be able to vote on it.
“I think it should be open to the public’s decision,” she said.
For Gimble and the rest of NORML Gators, the ruling is a push to increase campaigning, he said.
“Obviously this is where it gets real,” he said. “This is where we have to have the real fight. The Supreme Court and petition signers have decided to give us this chance to make the case that this is a good decision.”
[A version of this story ran on page 1 on 1/28/2014 under the headline "Medicinal marijuana will appear on ballot"]
