AIF: Amendment 2 on Medical Marijuana 'Bad for Business'

The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) announced on Monday it opposed Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana in the Sunshine State. If Amendment 2 gets 60 percent on the November ballot, it will be added to the Florida Constitution.

AIFs board of directors opposes Amendment 2 because of the myriad known and unknown complications it will render to Florida businesses, said former U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., the president and CEO of AIF. The practical and legal inconsistencies that Amendment 2 will heft onto our current workers compensation, drug testing, workplace safety, disability, discrimination and health care laws, to name a few, will create confusion that breeds litigation and increases the cost of doing business.

Florida businesses cannot afford the tarnished image this amendment would bring to our business-friendly state, nor the negative consequences that increased marijuana use and availability will have in our neighborhoods and communities, Feeney added. Simply put, Amendment 2 is bad for business and bad for Florida.