Senate District 23

Candidate Ben Braver

5.0

Florida Democratic Party


2024 Questionnaire

Score 5.00

Will you pledge to protect patient access to Medical Marijuana if Amendment 3 passes?

FLCAN supports safe, affordable, and accessible Cannabis for patients. The Constitution was amended in 2016 by popular vote to allow qualified patients access to medical Cannabis. This program must be reauthorized should Amendment 3 - adult non-medical use pass in November.

Many states consider the ability for patients to cultivate at home a key to access and affordability. Will you support legislation designed to expand access by allowing home cultivation?

Yes

Regulating Cannabis Businesses

The Department of Agriculture is already licensing businesses to grow, process, and sell low-THC Cannabis products. The Department of Health licenses businesses to grow, process, and sell Cannabis products to qualified patients. After the passage of Amendment 3 in November, we will have non-medical adult use.

Do you know someone who benefits from the existing hemp businesses operating in Florida?

Yes

Since November 2019, polls have shown 2/3 of Americans believed Marijuana (Cannabis) use should be legal.

Do you intend to introduce a Cannabis-related bill if elected?

Yes

Would you accept donations or volunteers from FLCAN supporters?

Yes

Is there anything you want our members and supporters to know?

I am a huge supporter of Marijuana legalization and decriminalization. It is a travesty of justice that we ruin people's lives, and minorities' lives at unconscionably high rates for something that's legal a 2 hour flight away. Marijuana is safer than alcohol, and prohibition is an ineffective way to control substances, we must get rid of these outdated and downright harmful laws.

On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being not interested, do you consider yourself pro-Cannabis?

10