Today members discussed the implications of the Manatee School of Arts in Tampa being the first school nation-wide to implement long-gun security measures. This comes in wake of the Parkland School Shooting and has some serious considerations, such as gun reform and safety in our schools. We tied this theme into reports of mass shootings increasing in the United States and the various gun control laws being passed in Florida.
In wake of Illinois's recent legalization of Marijuana, members discussed drug legislation. We debated both sides of the arguments for and against marijuana and different levels of legalization. We al
Today members discussed the rising prevalence of opioid and illicit drug overdoses in the surrounding Tampa area. We talked about the cause, examined the rise of the prescription drug epidemic in the
Future Politicians has decided to partake in the Florida Fire Movement, a nonpartisan movement to reform education in Florida. Florida Fire is a five-part movement. First, to reinvigorate resource all