Worryingly Florida's Medical Cannabis Amendment Is in Danger of Failing

For much of the past year, it seemed almost inevitable that medical marijuana would become legal in Florida. Polls showed that more than 80 percent of Floridians would support a constitutional amendment   that's on the ballot this November legalizing medicinal weed.



So it was something of a shocker last week when a Tampa Bay Times poll     indicated that medical marijuana will fail to get the 60 percent of the vote required to get on the ballot. It had previously polled at more than 9-to-1    .

See also: Meet the Americans Serving Life in Prison for Weed  

Yesterday, Ben Pollara, campaign manager for United for Care, the main organization fighting for legalization, insisted that "we're still winning" and said internal polls still indicated the amendment would get more than the 60 percent needed to pass.

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