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WEBVTT TONIGHT -- >> WHAT WILL AMENDMENT 2 DO TO FLORIDA? THE STATE'S CONTROVERSIAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVE. >> MY WORLD BASICALLY CAME DOWN TO PAIN, PAIN, PAIN HELPING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SOME. BUT ALSO A CAUSE FOR BIG CONCERN FOR OTHERS. >> MARKETED TO KIDS SOLD NEXT TO SCHOOLS >> ONE SIDE CALLING PASSIONATELY FOR WHAT IT SAYS IS THE MEDICAL NEED. >> IF I CAN JUST GET THROUGH TO ONE PERSON. THE OTHER SENDING OUT IT'S OWN WARNINGS. >> AMENDMENT 2 IS A SCAM. >> TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES IN WESH 2'S COMMITMENT 2016: THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEBATE. ADRIAN: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT. AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR. COMMITMENT 2016 THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEBATE. HERE ON WESH 2. FIRST THINGS FIRST. WHAT IS AMENDMENT 2? QUITE SIMPLY IT ASKS FLORIDA VOTERS IF THEY APPROVE THE USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THE WORDING READS IN PART, "AMENDMENT 2 ALLOWS MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA FOR INDIVIDUA WITH DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AS DETERMINED BY A LICENSED FLORIDA PHYSICIAN. ALLOWS CAREGIVERS TO ASSIST PATIENTS' MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL REGISTER AND REGULATE CENTERS THAT PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND SHALL ISSUE IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS." ADRIAN: THE DEBATE STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. YOU HAVE THE TWO SIDES. YES ON 2 AND NO ON 2. GREG FOX SHOWS US HOW BOTH ARE TRYING TO WIN OVER VOTERS. GREG: VOTERS ARE AGAIN BEING ASKED IF THEY WANT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. TO ALLOW FULL STRENGTH MARIJUANA TO BE DISPENSED AS MEDICINE. SUPPORTERS UNDER THE NAME YES ON 2 ARE RUNNING ADS WITH STORIES OF PATIENTS DESPERATE FOR PAIN RELIEF. >> ALL THEY COULD DO IS TRY TO MAKE HER FEEL BETTER >> I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD CHOOSE TO DENY HER RELIEF BY DENYING HER ACCESS TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. GREG: THE FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSED AMENDMENT 2. NO ON 2 ARGUES THE LACK OF A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS A CAREGIVER MAY SERVE, PROMOTES DRUG DEALING. AND IN TV ADS LIKE THIS, THEY ARGUE MEDICINE SHOULD ONLY BE DOLED OUT BY PHARMACISTS. THIS IS A BUD TENDER, QUALIFICATIONS? NO MEDICAL TRAINING. NO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE. BUT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT POT, FIRST HAND GREG: THEY ALSO SAY EDIBLE POT WILL LOOK LIKE CANDY AND COULD BE CONSUMED BY CHILDREN. ER CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN AND CANNABIS ARE UP 150% IN COLORADO SINCE 2014. BUT VOTERS MAY NOT KNOW, FLORIDA ALREADY SELLS MEDICAL MARIJUAN TRULIEVE SELLS NON-EUPHORIC CANNABIS FOR PATIENTS WITH A VARIETY OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS . >> THIS IS REALLY A TURNING POINT FOR THE MEDICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE. GREG: DAHLIA BARNHART IS BATTLING BRAIN CANCER, AND HER MOTHER SAYS, LOW-THC MARIJUANA IS HELPING. >> AFTER STARTING CANNABIS OIL, SHE WAS WITHIN A MONTH, WELL ENOUGH TO BE OFF ALMOST ALL OF THE MEDICATIONS. GREG: WHILE DAHLIA'S FAMILY IS COUNTING ON VOTERS, OPPONENTS SAY THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BENEFITTING FROM NON-EUPHORIC CANNABIS IS REASON ENOUGH TO REJECT AMENDMENT 2. GREG FOX WESH 2 NEWS. ADRIAN: JOINING US HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT 2 ARE OUR GUESTS. DR. JESSICA SPENCER. DR. SPENCER IS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION SPECIALIST. SHE IS ALSO THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR NO ON 2. ALSO WITH US THIS EVENING. JOHN MORGAN. MR. MORGAN IS A NOTABLE ATTORNEY WHO'S FOUGHT FOR THE PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT 2 FOR YEARS NOW. WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. BEFORE WE BEGIN YOU'LL EACH HAVE 90-SECONDS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. REBUTTALS AND FOLLOW-UPS WILL BE AT MY DISCRETION. TOWARD THE END OF THE DEBATE, WE MAY MOVE TO A LIGHTNING ROUND WHERE RESPONSES MAY NEED TO BE SHORTER AND MORE CONDENSED. WE WANT TO START OFF BY GIVING YOU BOTH THE CHANCE TO MAKE A BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT. YOU'LL EACH HAVE ONE MINUT MR. MORGAN YOU WON THE DRAWING , BEFORE THE DEBATE AND YOU CHOSE TO GO SECOND. DR DR. SPENCER: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT MARIJUANA AS A PLANT WORKS AS MEDICINE. WE HAVE MEDICATIONS AVAILABLE AND THREE LAWS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR WHATEVER AILS THEM. WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR VOTERS TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THIS IS NOT A BILL WE CAN WORK THROUGH OUR LEGISLATURE WITH. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT THEY ARE PERFECT. THIS IS NOT PERFECT. OUR VIEWERS AT OUR STATE AND PEOPLE NEED TO GO AND EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON WHAT IS HAPPENING. MR. MORGAN: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE DEBATIN -- A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE SUPREME COURT APPROVED OUR LANGUAGE 4-3. THIS TIME 7-0. YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE SUPPOSEDLY PULLS. OUR NEW LANGUAGE CLOSED THOSE LOOPHOLES. LAST TIME A BRIEF WAS FILED AGAINST US. YOU DON'T SEE HER HERE TODAY. YOU DON'T SEE THAT BRIEF. LAST TIME WE HAD PEOPLE TELLING US THAT THIS WAS THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, AS DR. SPENCER JUST SAID. IT IS NOT THE LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. WHAT THIS IS IS A CURE, A HELP FOR REALLY SICK PEOPLE. YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. IT IS GOING TO BE IN CANDY FORM FOR OUR CHILDREN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN CANDY FORM. THE LEGISLATURE SAYS NO TO THAT. THERE WILL BE A POT SHOP ON ANY CORNER? THAT'S NOT TRUE. ANY MUNICIPALITY CAN BAN FROM THEIR COUNTY OR CITY. ONE THING TO CLARIFY, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HER, BUT REMEMBER SHE IS NOT A MEDICAL DOCTOR, SHE IS AN EDUCATOR. I HAVEN'T FOUND A MEDICAL DOCTOR WILLING TO DEBATE WITH ME. ADRIAN: WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE POLL WESH 2 COMMISSIONED. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE 503 LIKELY VOTERS STATED IN PART, IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY, WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT? 69% SAID THEY WOULD SUPPORT IT. 24% SAID THEY WOULD OPPOSE. WHILE 7% WERE UNDECIDE I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH YOU DR. SPENCER YOUR RESPONSE TO WHAT , SEEMS TO BE AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAN 2014. DR. SPENCER: I THINK THAT IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE. I SAID THIS IN THE PREVIOUS DEBATE, THIS IS A PREDATORY AMENDMENT. IT PREYS ON OUR COMPASSION TO NOT WANT INDIVIDUALS TO SUFFER. IF YOU SIMPLY LOOK AT THE BALLOT SUMMARY, THE MAJORITY WOULD VOTE YES. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS WHEN YOU GET INTO THE MEAT. THIS ALSO PRAISE -- ALSO PYS ON FAMILIES LOOKING FOR THE LAST HOPE. THAT IS SIMPLY NOT HOW WE DO MEDICINE. THIS ISN'T AND HOW WE DO MEDICINE. THIS IS TO FACTOR LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA. AND THEIR LANGUAGE SAYS SO. MR. MORGAN: JUST BECAUSE YOU SADIST A FACTOR LEGALIZATION, IT IS NOT. IF IT WAS IT WOULD SAY IT IS THE DO FACTOR LEGALIZATION. THAT IS HER BEST ARGUMENT. WHEN YOUR BEST ARGUMENT IS JUST A PLACE IN -- JUST A BLATANT FALSEHOOD, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU -- A GREA MAN, A GREAT SHERIFF USED TO DEBATE ME. HE SAI, "I'M FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, I JUST WANTED TO BE DONE IN TALLAHASSEE. HE DIDN'T WANT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS I THOUGHT HARD TO GET IT DONE IN TALLAHASSE ONE YEAR THEY BROKE EARLY, THEY COULDN'T EVEN AGR WITH THEMSELVES. WHEN OUR LEGISLATURES WON'T DO THE JOB WE SENT THEM TO DO, THIS IS WHEN THE POWER OF THE CONSTITUTION HANDS THE POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE, AND WE GET TO HAVE REAL CHANGE. ADRIAN:IF DR. SPENCER SAYING THIS IS A FACTOR LEGALIZATION, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE DANGER OF MARIJUANA USE FOR THE LARGER POPULATION? IF THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE MARIJUANA OUT THERE THAN MORE PEOPLE WILL BE USING MARIJUANA. MR. MORGAN: YOU LOOK LIKE A YOUNG GUY TO ME. IF YOU WANT TO GET MARIJUANA, YOU CAN HAVE IT IN FIVE MINUTES AND I'M AN OLD FAT GUY, AND IF I WANTED I CAN HAVE IT IN FIVE MINUTES. GETTING MARIJUANA IS NOT A PROBLEM IN FLORIDA. ADRIAN: THIS WAS SOMETHING WE ASKED IN OUR POLL, MARIJUANA IS SOLD IN OTHER STATES TO HELP PATIENTS REDUCE PAIN, OXYCODONE, FENTANYL, HIDE YOUR CODE OWN -- HYDROCODONE AND OTHER OPIOIDS. WHAT GIVES YOU MORE CONCERN, THE POTENTIAL FOR OPIOID ABUSE OR THE POTENTIAL FOR MARIJUANA ABUSE? 67% SAID OPIOID ABUSE GIVES THEM MORE CONCERN. 16% SAID MARIJUANA. AND 18% WEREN'T SURE. I START WITH YOU MR. MORGAN. YOU TOOK A PERSONAL APPROACH IN ONE AD FOR PASSAGE BUT IT ALSO MAKES A VERY POINTED CLAIM. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> WHEN MY BROTHER AND I WERE LITTLE BOYS, WE RAN AND PLAYED TOGETHER FOR HE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN WHEN HE WAS 18, THE WORST A OF MY LIFE. HIS PAIN AND SPASMS ARE UNBEARABLE AND NO DRUG HAS EVER HELPED HIM. DRUGMAKERS ARE TELLING US LIVE TO KEEP BILLIONS FOR THEIR COMPANIES. MANY SICK PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT IF YOU VOTE YES. THIS IS FOR MY HERO. COMPASSION IS COMING. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT. WE PUT THIS OUT ON FACEBOOK, CRYSTAL AGREED WITH ONE CLAIM ON THAT AD. SHE SAID PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DON'T WANT TO TO HAPPEN, BUT I PRAY FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT NEED AND USE IT. DR. SPENCER, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF BIG PHARMACEUTICAL ARE HELPING TO FUND THIS CAMPAIGN SO THEY CAN KEEP MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS AND SET OF GETTING MONEY TO HELP FOR LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. DR. SPENCER: UNFORTUNATELY THAT THIS -- THAT IS SIMPLY NOT THE CASE FOR IT I DON'T RECEIVE MONEY FROM BIG PHARMA. IF THEY PHARMA WANTED TOTAL CONTROL OVER THIS THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT ALREADY. WE ALREADY HAVE CANADA SPACED MEDICATIONS -- CANNABIS-BASED MEDICATIONS. THAT IS ANOTHER WAY WE CAN CONVOLUTE THE ISSUE AND TAKING THE FOCUS AWAY FROM THE ISSUE OTHER STATES ARE DEALING WITH. AND TRY TO PUSH THEM OVER TO THE OPIOID ISSUE. WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THE LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUAN DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE OPIOID CRISIS. COLORADO, THEY ARE SECOND IN THE COUNTRY FOR OPIOID OVERDOSES. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE OPIOID OVERDOSES RISE IN THE STATES. AT LEAST THE PHARMACEUTICALS WE HAVE IN THESE OPIOIDS HAVE KNOWN SIDE EFFECTS. THE LANGUAGE DOES SPECIFICALLY ALLOW FOR EDIBLES. UNPREDICTABLE SIDE EFFECTS, THIS IS NOT GOOD MEDICINE, THIS IS NOT GOOD PRACTICE AND THIS WILL NOT FIX YOUR OPIOID PROBLEM. AGENT: I ASSUME YOU DISAGREE. MR. MORGAN: WHAT SHE SAID WAS TOTALLY FALSE. OUT IN ARIZONA THERE IS A BALLOT INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW. THE MAKER OF SENTINEL -- OF SENTINEL -- OF FN ENTANYL PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THAT CAMPAIGN. THE HEIRESS TO THE FORTUNE WHO SELLS A LOT OF OPIOIDS, SHE POURED IN $800,000. THAT IS WHERE YOU GET YOUR OPIOIDS FROM. I AM IN THE BUSINESS OF LITIGATING MANUFACTURERS FOR THESE DRUGS. THESE COMPANIES ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF PREMEDITATED -- HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE HOOKED AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE AFFECTED. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVER DIED FROM USING MARIJUANA IN ANY FORM? SHE WILL SAY SOMEBODY JUMPED OFF A BALCONY. GOOGLE THAT. NO ONE HAS EVER DIED FROM INGESTING MARIJUANA. AS FAR AS EDIBLES GO, THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO SCARE YOU TO DEATH. THERE IS CANDY FOR KIDS. THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE SAYS THE EDIBLES CANNOT BE IN CANDY FORM. ADRIAN: THAT IS NOT IN THE AMENDMENT. MR. MORGAN: WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT CANDY, THAT IS NOT IN THE AMENDMENT BUT THAT IS IN HER ARGUMENT. WHEN SHE TALKS TO YOU ABOUT CANDY, THAT IS A RED HERRING. ADRIAN: LET'S GET TO DR. SPENCER. DR. SPENCER: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A RED HERRING, THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY HAS SAID WE WILL USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA TO GIVE IT A GOOD NAME. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUC HAD GONE INTO ARIZONA. IT IS NOT 3.5 MILLION, THERE IS NO OTHER -- THERE IS ANOTHER MADE APPLY. -- MADE UP L. IT WAS 500,000. AND THEY ACTUALLY MAKE A SPRAY. THIS IS THE POINT, TO DETER AND DEFLECT AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE AND START TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. GOING INTO EDUCATING PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS AND EVEN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY TO USE THESE PAIN SALES FROM'S DEATH PAIN SKILLS FROM ZERO TO 10. -- PAIN SCALES FROM ZERO TO 10. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT AN AMENDMENT THAT IS HERE TO CHANGE OUR CONSTITUTION THAT THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION, THE FLORIDA POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND EVERY OTHER MEDICAL ORGANIZATION HAS COME OUT AGAINST. THIS IS NOT HOW WE DO MEDICINE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS A COMMERCIAL PRODUCED BY THE NO ON 2 CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT IF AMENDMENT 2 PASSES, MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WILL OPEN NEXT TO SCHOOLS AND THAT MARIJUANA WILL BE MARKETED TO KIDS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND I WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSES ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> THIS IS MEDICINE. MEDICINE. MEDICINE? WITH AMENDMENT TWO, THIS IS WHAT MEDICINE WILL LOOK LIKE. POK -- POT PACKAGED LIKE CANDY UP TO 20 TIMES STRONGER THAN IT ONCE WAS. MARKETED TO KIDS SOLD NEXT TO SCHOOLS IN NEARLY 2000 POT SHOPS ACROSS FLORIDA. NO MEDICAL STANDARDS, NO PHARMACISTS, NO PRESCRIPTIONS AND NO WAY TO STOP IT. >> THIS HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF RESPONSE ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE. EVERY TIME I SEE THAT COMMERCIAL STATING THAT MARIJUANA IS GOING TO BE PACKAGED FOR CHILDREN AND SOLD NEAR SCHOOLS I WANT TO SCREAM. I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO THE FEAR MONGERING. DR. SPENCER TO YOU FIRST. IS THIS FEAR MONGERING? AND ARE THE STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS AD ACCURATE? DR. SPENCER: UNFORTUNATELY IT IS ACCURATE. TO USE ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TERMS, GOOGLE IT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER STATES. THE AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY SAYS EDIBLES. THE AMENDMENT ALSO DOESN'T ALLOW TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT. THE LEGISLATURE CAN ONLY ENACT THE PLAIN LANGUAGE. WE TRY TO GO IN AS MUNICIPALITIES AND SAY WE DON'T WANT TO PACKAGED LIKE CANDY, COLORADO IS TRYING TO CHANGE WHAT THEIR EDIBLES LOOK LIKE. WE ARE THEN VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS NOT FEAR MONGERING, IT IS REALITY-BASED. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND CONCERNED. AETRIUM: IF WE ARE ADDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND ANOTHER DRUG TO A STATE WITH THE STRUGGLING DRUG CRISIS, ARE WE JUST MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE? MR. MORGAN: THINK ABOUT THE ARGUMENT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE NEXT TO SCHOOLS. ARE STRIP CLUBS NEXT TO SCHOOLS HE? NO. THERE ARE ZONING LAWS THAT PROTECT US FROM WHAT WE DON'T LAW -- DON'T WANT. THERE WILL BE EDIBLES BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN CANDY FORM. AT IS THEIR BEST ARGUMENT. WE ARE SCARED FOR OUR CHILDREN. SO THEY WANT TO SCARE US AND TRIC US BY SAYING OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO GET THIS CANDY. IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ALLOWS IT TO HAPPEN. MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY BANNED DISPENSARIES FROM THEIR WHOLE TOWNS. HE BEST ARGUMENT IS IT IS THE LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, FALSE. CHILDREN ARE GOING TO EITHER MY CANDY, FALSE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEXT TO OUR SCHOOLS, FALSE. THAT'S WHY WE ELECT OFFICIALS, THAT'S WHY WE SUPPOSEDLY TRUST OUR MAYORS -- HOW FAST DO YOU THINK A PERSON WILL BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE IF THEY PUT A POT SHOP RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL? HOW MANY ELECTIONS DO YOU THINK THAT PERSON WOULD SURVIVE? YOU HAVE TO THINK IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THE SCARE TACK TICK -- SCARE TACTIC. A JURY IN: WE STILL HAVE MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEBATE. ADRIAN: WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER A PRESCRIPTION WHEN THE -- WOULD BE NEEDED. "I KEEP HEARING THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS NOT A PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE. IF IT WAS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES I WOULD STILL THINK YOU NEED A PRESCRIPTION? WE GO TO YOU MR. MORGAN. IN TRUTH MEDICAL MARIJUANA WOULD BE -- WOULD THESE PRESCRIBED. -- WOULDN'T BE PRESCRIBED IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED. WOULDN'T THAT OPEN THE DOOR FOR BAD DOCTORS OVERPRESCRIBING? MR. MORGAN: I WOULD RATHER A BAD DOCTOR BE PRESCRIBING THIS THAN OXYCONTIN. IF THE ARGUMENT IS WE'RE GOING TO BE WORRYING ABOUT CROOKED DOCTORS, THEN WE GET RID OF THE CROOKED DOCTORS, BUT WE DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. , WHITEY YOU BELIEVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN OPIOID, WHICH CAN BE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, WOULD BE BETTER TO HELP FLORIDIANS SUFFER THINGS -- FLORIDIANS THROUGH THINGS LIKE CANCER? DR. SPENCER: WE NEVER SAID IT WAS BETTER. THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. THERE ARE ISSUES WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS IT. BUT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS MARIJUANA. IT IS NOT A PRESCRIPTION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MISNOMERS PEOPLE THINK. IT IS NOT GHOST, IT IS NOT STANDARDIZED, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TAKE, HOW TO TAKE, WHEN TO TAKE IT. THEY WOULD HAVE PUT A PERIOD AT THE END OF THIS SENTENCE AND LEFT IT UP TO GROUPS OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO DECIDE WHAT OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS WOULD QUALIFY. INSTEAD THEY LEFT IT OPEN TO THESE OTHER CONDITION, WHICH THEN OPENS THE DOORS FOR ANY SYMPTOMOLOGY UNDER THOSE DISEASE PROCESSES. NOW THES PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP THEM. THERE IS NO COME CLUES OF EVIDENCE. IT NEEDS TO BE PUT UP TO SCIENCE . MR. MORGAN: I WOULD JUST JUMP IN. THE REASON THIS CANNOT BE A PRESCRIPTION IS BECAUSE MARIJUANA -- A MOVIE CALLED REEFER MADNESS STOOD FOR THE PROPOSITION THAT A BLACK MAN AND A WHITE WOMAN MAY GET TOGETHER. THEY MADE IT A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG SO WE CAN'T EVEN STUDY IT. IN ISRAEL, GOOGLE WHAT IS GOING ON IN ISRAEL. THERE HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE STUDIES. NOW THEY CAN'T BECAUSE IT IS A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG. IT WAS CHANGED FROM CANNABIS TO MARIJUANA BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SOUND MEXICAN. ADRIAN: IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE GETTING OFF TOPIC. MR. MORGAN: THE REASON WE ARE NOT, IT CAN'T BE A PRESCRIPTION DRUG BECAUSE IT IS A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG, IT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE TOPIC. DR. SPENCER: I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THEY CONTINUED TO STUDY IT. THIS CAMPAIGN COMES OUT AND SAYS WE HAVE STUDIES. WE HAVE FIVE DRUGS GOING THROUGH TRIALS THAT ARE CANNABIS-BASED MEDICATIONS. IT IS A 500 PLUS CHEMICAL IN THIS PLANT. IT NEEDS TO GO UP TO THE SCRUTINY AND THE STUDY TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE SO WE DON'T GIVE THEM FALSE HOPE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL. THIS WHOLE FEAR MONGERING AND TACTIC THAT WE CAN'T DO BECAUSE IT IS A SCHEDULE ONE IS SIMPLY FALSE. ADRIAN: WHAT UNIVERSITY? MR. MORGAN: IT CAN'T BE. THERE IS A PILL, IT DOESN'T WORK. LOOK AT THE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR IT. IT DOESN'T WORK. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HARNESS IT TO WORK IN PILL FORM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN ISRAEL AND THE STUDIES THAT HAVE GONE ON, IT IS MIRACULOUS. LOOK AT THE REPORT BY SON JAKE UP THE -- BY SON J -- BY SAN JAY GUPTA. IT IS ESSENTIAL IN FLORIDA. ADRIAN: WE ARE GOING TO CLOSING, YOU GUYS GET 45 SECONDS. MR. MORGAN: HERE IS THE DEAL, THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND THIS STARTED OUT YEARS AGO CALL STREET INK. IT IS NOW THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT STREET INK AND THE BACKERS OF STREET INK, YOU ARE GOING TO BE HORRIFIED AT WHAT THESE FOLKS DID TO OUR CHILDREN. I KNOW SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO, BUT WHEN YOU FINISH THIS CHANNEL, GOOGLE THE WORDS STR AIGHT INC. AND THE WOR TORTURE, ABUSE, AND CHILDRE. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE WHO IS AGAINST THIS MUCH-NEEDED AMENDMENT. DR. SPENCER: I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE. I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS DO WE WANT TO BELIEVE THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITIES AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTA SCIENCE AND HOW DANGEROUS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OF THIS KIND, WHICH IS THE FACT OF LEGALIZATION, OR DO WE WANT TO BELIEVE THE PREDATORS THAT PREY ON OUR COMPASSION AND CARING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT SUFFER? I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AGAINST THIS AND EVERY OTHER MAJOR MEDICAL ORGANIZATION THAT KNOWS, INCLUDING OUR ADMINISTRATION, THAT KNOWS THIS IS NOT HOW WE DO MEDICINE, INSTEAD OF PREDATORY INDIVIDUALS THAT RIGHT THINGS TO SCARE PEOPLE INTO "THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO DO MEDICINE." ADRIAN: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS EVENING SPECIAL PRESENTATION COMMITMENT 2016, THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEBATE. YOU CAN REWATCH IT IN IT'S ENTIRETY ONLINE AT WESH.COM. AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TONIGHT FOR WESH 2 NEWS AT 11

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