For Immediate Release

Monday, October 13, 2014

Contact
Sarah Bascom, sarah@bascomllc.com, 850.294.6636
Kristen Bridges, kristen@bascomllc.com, 850.545.1917

AIF Opposes Amendment 2: Bad for Florida Businesses

Tallahassee, Fla. The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) today came out in opposition of
Amendment 2, which seeks to legalize the use of medical marijuana.

AIFs Board of Directors opposes Amendment 2 because of the myriad of known and unknown
complications it will render to Florida businesses, said AIF President & CEO Tom Feeney. The
practical and legal inconsistencies that Amendment 2 will heft onto our current workers compensation,
drug testing, workplace safety, disability, discrimination and health care laws, to name a few, will create
confusion that breeds litigation and increases the cost of doing business.

Florida businesses cannot afford the tarnished image this Amendment would bring to our business-
friendly state nor the negative consequences that increased marijuana use and availability will have in
our neighborhoods and communities. Simply put, Amendment 2 is bad for business and bad for
Florida.

Known as The Voice of Florida Business in the Sunshine State, AIF has represented the principles of
prosperity and free enterprise before the three branches of state government since 1920. A voluntary
association of diversified businesses, AIF was created to foster an economic climate in Florida
conducive to the growth, development, and welfare of industry and business and the people of the state.

For more information on AIF, please visit AIF.com and follow @VoiceofFLBiz.

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