This Politician Has A Medical Marijuana Card And A Concealed Carry License

By Cam Edwards

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Not just any politician either. Nikki Fried is the Florida Agriculture Commissioner, which means she’s actually in charge of the state’s concealed carry program. She’s also a holder of a medical marijuana card from the state of Florida, which may mean she’s violating federal law.

Fried, the only Democrat in the Florida Cabinet, devoted much of her 2018 campaign to advocating for greater access to medical marijuana in Florida. Problem: She has also made no secret of her licenses to buy medical marijuana and to carry a concealed weapon.

“I have both,” Fried said on a Trulieve-sponsored Marijuana Solution podcast shortly before taking office in January. “So I want to make that very clear, that I will not be taking anybody’s concealed weapons permit … or not renewing them. I see no conflict between the two.”

But the federal government does. Classified by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 as a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana by definition has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.”

Federal law would seem to trump state concealed-carry laws, meaning, in some experts’ opinions, Fried cannot legally have both her cards.

Billy Cox of the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Florida’s penned …Read the Rest

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