The launch of 'Don't Let Florida Go to Pot Coalition' was announced by the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) on Tuesday. The launch is aimed at letting the people know about the negative impacts of Amendment 2, intended to allow medical marijuana in Florida, will have.

FSA President Grady Judd said the amendment must not be trusted as it will lead to marijuana abuse. The intention behind legalizing marijuana is to help people with serious illness to help them get some respite from their pain, but it also creates a big loophole for anyone who wants to use it by just visiting a doctor and getting the recommendations easily by simply paying the fee.

As a matter of fact, there are many doctors who do not find any problem recommending pain killers; in the same way they will not be reluctant to prescribe marijuana to those who are not even ill and just want to use the herbal drug to get a high.

The approval for the amendment will result into pot shops. If estimates of the Florida Department of Health have to be believed, then about 1,800 pot shops will come up around the state within no time, once the amendment gets the green signal.

Recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado after medical marijuana was legalized there. Also, people must take a note of the fact that only 6% of the people smoking medical marijuana got it for debilitating disease. It clearly shows that 94% of people got it for pain, which can't be measured objectively.

But, doctors still prescribe such patients the medical marijuana as long as they pay the fee. And FSA fears that same will happen in Florida once the amendment gets the approval.

Caregivers will get the power to recommend marijuana to anyone they want, even children. About 250,000 caregivers are predicted to be in Florida.