In 2016, as Floridians picked Donald Trump for president by just over a percentage point, more than 70 percent simultaneously voted to expand medical marijuana access in the state.
Previously, only patients with "cancer or a physical medical condition that chronically produces seizures or severe and persistent muscle spasms" qualified for medical marijuana and only in low-THC doses. Amendment 2, the 2016 ballot measure later passed into law as S.B. 8, expanded access to include ailments such as Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and "chronic nonmalignant pain," which is defined as pain that is either caused by or originates from a "qualifying medical condition." Qualifying patients are entered into a state registry and issued I.D. cards.
