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Scott PowersOctober 18, 2016

Face to face, medical marijuana champion John Morgan and Vote No on 2 Policy Director Jessica Spencer did not agree even on the basic facts behind each other’s arguments. In a debate televised on WESH 2 TV in Orlando over Florida Amendment 2, the medical marijuana issue on November’s ballot, Morgan, the Orlando lawyer who chairs […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 19, 2016

The campaign against Florida’s medical marijuana initiative is heating up. Mailers from Drug Free Florida, the committee leading the charge against the 2016 medical marijuana initiative, are expected to hit mailboxes across the state today. The direct mail pieces are meant to encourage Floridians to “Vote No on 2” come November. Drug Free Florida is […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 12, 2016

“Drug-Free Florida” received a financial boost from a former ambassador in August. Campaign finance records show the group received $25,000 from Al Hoffman between Aug. 27 and Sept. 2. The contribution was the only one “Drug-Free Florida” reported receiving during the one-week reporting period. Hoffman, the former chair of the WCI Communities and a past […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 22, 2016

Vote No on 2 is refuting statements made by medical marijuana backers in recent weeks, including that medical-grade marijuana will not get a patient high. “These lies are deplorable,” said Christina Johnson, the spokeswoman for the Vote No on 2 campaign. “Floridians deserve to know the truth, not an altered version of it.” The campaign, […]

Peter SchorschJuly 13, 2016

I admit I’m a political junkie; after all, I run a website called Florida Politics. What I love about politics and these final months of the campaign season is you can always see new and innovative ways folks are trying to communicate with voters. Facebook realized the power of video storytelling when it saw the huge success […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 12, 2016

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Vote No On 2 has a new look. The group, which is leading the charge against the 2016 medical marijuana amendment, unveiled its new website Tuesday. The revamped site puts a greater focus on visuals, using videos and photos to explain the group’s position. Vote No on 2 led the charge against a similar constitutional amendment […]

Keith MorelliJuly 5, 2016

As the 2016 election season swings into fifth gear with politicians and committees filling treasuries with contributions, this was the total collected in June by the leading special interest group opposed to legalizing medical marijuana in Florida: $00.00. After tallying more than half-million dollars in May, all but $1,000 from a single donor, Mel Sembler, […]

Keith MorelliJune 27, 2016

The campaign to convince voters to reject Amendment 2, the medical marijuana measure on November’s general election ballot, released the fourth in a series of online video advertisements Monday. In announcing the ad, Vote No on 2, the campaign sponsored by Drug-Free Florida Committee, said the ad is “setting the record straight on what Amendment 2 really […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 10, 2016

Drug-Free Florida raised more than $500,000 in May, outpacing the committee backing the effort to legalize medical marijuana 5-to-1. State records show Drug-Free Florida raised $500,85 in the one-month fundraising period. Mel Sembler, a prominent St. Petersburg fundraiser, gave the committee $500,000 in May. The substantial donation came just weeks after Sembler announced he once […]

Keith MorelliJune 9, 2016

With five months to go before the matter of expanding the use of medical marijuana is placed before the voters, the two main organizations on either side have begun a news release war, each trying to persuade the electorate their side is right. Florida voters will decide on the fate of Amendment 2 in November. […]

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John Morgan, Vote No on 2’s Jessica Spencer dispute each other’s facts on medical marijuana

Direct mail round up: Drug Free Florida mailers encourage Floridians ‘Vote No on 2’

Al Hoffman gives $25,000 to Drug-Free Florida

Vote No on 2 refutes claims made by medical marijuana supporters

On revamped website, ‘Vote No on 2’ campaign embraces power of video

Vote No On 2 unveils new website, advertisements opposing medical pot initiative

Anti-Amendment 2 groups has quiet fundraising month

Vote No on 2 web ad warns of ‘budtenders,’ urges voters to reject medicinal pot

Mel Sembler donates $500K to Vote No on 2 campaign in May

Vote No on 2 campaign says medical pot may worsen PTSD, citing Yale study