Fight over medical marijuana turns to smoking

Attorney John Morgan files lawsuit in Tallahassee

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is being sued because its new medical marijuana law doesn't allow patients to smoke the plant.

High-profile attorney John Morgan filed the lawsuit Thursday, saying smoking marijuana is the best way to administer it to some patients.

Morgan led the ballot effort that put medical use of marijuana in the state constitution with 71 percent voter approval. He said the language in the constitution said marijuana can't be smoked in public, which implies that it should be allowed in private.

"In my amendment, it said smoking is not allowed in public places, so everybody understood that smoke was to be allowed," Morgan said. "It's just another act of the legislature ignoring the will of the people."

But the law signed by Republican Gov. Rick Scott last month bans smokable forms of marijuana. Lawmakers who supported the ban argued smoking marijuana isn't healthy.

"For four years, I tried mightily to pass an amendment to allow patients in Florida to use medical marijuana," he said. "There's things even in the bill they have that I don't like, like the lack of smoke. That's ridiculous. And if they pass it without smoke, I'll sue for that and I''ll win."

Morgan has taken his cause to social media, where he is using #NoSmokeIsAJoke.

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