With Weed Legalization Likely, Florida Officials Worry About Stoned Driving

Florida Highway Patrol Lieutenant Channing Taylor says that messaging on the dangers of high driving will also be critical to helping save lives if recreational marijuana becomes the law of the land.

Florida law enforcement is gearing up for the possibility of full marijuana legalization through the passage of Amendment 3 in November.

“We’ve been planning for this for a while,” Lieutenant Channing Taylor with the Florida Highway Patrol told Action News Jax.

Taylor says law enforcement will have a tough task ahead if Amendment 3 passes in November.

He expects there to be an initial spike in intoxicated driving incidents and accidents.

Taylor says that messaging on the dangers of high driving will also be critical to helping save lives if recreational marijuana becomes the law of the land.

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