Companies that sell products containing intoxicating THC – but under the guise that it’s federally legal hemp – are bankrolling Florida’s governor’s quest to defeat an adult-use marijuana legalization measure. That’s according to a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times analysis of campaign contributions to a political action committee controlled by Gov. Ron DeSantis that found at […]
If 60% of Florida voters follow Donald Trump’s lead and cast ballots to legalize recreational marijuana in the state on Election Day, cannabis possession will become legal for adults 21 and older in the nation’s largest medical-only market in May 2025. That’s also when the state’s existing medical marijuana operators should be allowed to start […]
Public money as well as checks from a major tobacco company are opposing the record-breaking adult-use marijuana legalization campaign in Florida. Trulieve Cannabis Corp. last week donated another $28 million to the recreational marijuana legalization initiative appearing on the state’s November ballot, campaign finance records show. That means $141.9 million of the total $149.7 million […]
The Catholic Church opposes adult-use marijuana legalization in Florida, where spending by cannabis multistate operators in support has eclipsed $100 million. According to the most recent polling released Monday, Amendment 3 is poised to pass, with 66% of respondents to a University of North Florida survey saying they plan to vote for the measure. That’s […]
