Medical Marijuana Opponents Insist Amendment 2 Will Give Kids More Access to Drugs

Opponents of Amendment 2, a medical marijuana proposal, looked to Colorado on Wednesday, insisting that the states relaxed marijuana laws have led to more children experimenting with the drug.

This is the sad reality that we are seeing in all states that have passed these measures, said Calvina Fay, the director of the Drug Free America Foundation which opposes Amendment 2. They use people who suffer with debilitating cancer or other conditions as a Trojan horse to pass these broad measures, and inevitably these powerful pot products end up in kids hands.

We are unleashing the Wild West of incredibly potent marijuana and not providing the sheriffs to oversee it, Fay added. This is a canary in a coal mine for Floridas parents and school officials; they need to heed these warnings from Colorado.

Opponents of Amendment 2 insisted the proposal does not have any age restrictions and will allow children greater access to marijuana.

Amendment 2 is full of loopholes, including no age restrictions, which may allow youth to easily obtain marijuana without parental consent, said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd on Wednesday.