Thread by @JimRosicaFL

People watching at Jesse Panuccio's marijuana & the law lecture, about to begin @FSUCollegeofLaw —
Sec'y of State Laurel Lee, former DEO director Cissy Proctor, former 1DCA judge/lobbyist Paul Hawkes, Senate counsel Jeremiah Hawkes, state Solicitor General Amit Agarwal. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw Also seen: one of the att'ys to @GovRonDeSantis, Nick Primrose; Shutts partner Dan Nordby; Tallahassee Circuit Judge Stephen Everett. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis Also spotted: finalist candidate for @1dca_flcourts Rachel Nordby. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts Panuccio has taken the lectern. Making some introductions. Apparently, many more people here I know of that I don't know by face, sorry. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts His speech is called "Weedy Question for the Rule of Law." And it is already hilarious.
Jesse is skewering @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes about "following the law" re marijuana in tweets in Powerpoint slides.
"Of course. This is basic American civics." #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes He is asking if one cares about "rule of law," then why not call out the "blatant, widespread violation of rule of law" in modern times when it comes to marijuana. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes It's about applying the law even when you don't agree with the outcome, @JessePanuccioFL says. Notes that you can't ignore federal law (supremacy clause) that still outlaws pot. Marijuana is still a federally "scheduled" drug. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL In fact, @JessePanuccioFL makes the argument that if you aided and abetted the distribution/use of marijuana in Florida, you've committed the federal crime of conspiracy. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL The Controlled Substances Act pre-empts state marijuana law, @JessePanuccioFL argues, saying a "licensing and facilitation" scheme, as OK'd by state lawmakers under med marijuana state const'l amendment, breaks fed law. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL Question: "Does Federalism leave marijuana regulation to the states?" It's "not a serious legal argument," @JessePanuccioFL says. SCOTUS in 2005 said feds can regulate "even intrastate, home-grown" pot. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL What about hemp, made legal in the Farm Bill? Hemp is not marijuana [it's cannabis & a kind of cousin to pot], Panuccio says, adding that the FDA still hasn't approved CBD. Hemp may indeed be legal—CBD is not, he says. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL .@JessePanuccioFL notes that fed law allows the AG to unilaterally reschedule or deschedule a controlled substance if merited. The reason no one ever has is bc no one can make a straight faced argument justifying such a decision, he says. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL Panuccio points out that U.S. Rep. @mattgaetz even goes to marijuana store openings.
"You get the feeling that no one is reading the laws surrounding marijuana."
#FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz Oooh, @JessePanuccioFL even takes @TheFlaBar to task, pointing out that the Bar is telling its own members to break the law by saying they can advise and represent marijuana businesses.
#FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz @TheFlaBar "What about those who invest" in marijuana businesses?
Are they guilty of "money laundering"? @JessePanuccioFL asks. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz @TheFlaBar .@JessePanuccioFL now showing clips from marijuana business websites making claims of what it can help, even boost one's sex life.
"Everybody cares about science, except when it comes to marijuana," he says. #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz @TheFlaBar "Marijuana is a psychoactive drug and it has effects on the brain ... if you want to be fair about it, you have to look at both sides," @JessePanuccioFL says.
#FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz @TheFlaBar .@JessePanuccioFL wonders if, 10-15 years from now, we will have a "Cannabis Master Settlement Agreement," like we had for tobacco, when "all these chickens come home to roost" (i.e., all the claims of medicinal benefits). #FlaPol

@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz @TheFlaBar And with that, we're adjourned.
(I think there's a class waiting to use the room...)
#FlaPol

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@FSUCollegeofLaw @GovRonDeSantis @1dca_flcourts @NikkiFriedFL @JohnMorganESQ @JeffreyBrandes @JessePanuccioFL @mattgaetz @TheFlaBar Seeking responses from @mattgaetz
@JohnMorganESQ and @JeffreyBrandes on @JessePanuccioFL comments in this tweet thread. Thx.
#FlaPol