I wouldn't be surprised if it passes, but Florida does what Ohio has done and keeps trying to make it more difficult to access
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I dunno… it’s very popular here. The major issue to consider is the also very popular medical racket to get access to the medical stuff.
You have to pay a doctor for a prescription (which is basically some performative bullshit so they get to charge a fee), then you have to pay the state a fee. But you can only have a prescription for 7 months before you have to renew, yet you have to renew your state registration every year— each for a separate fee.
Has a recent weed ballot measure failed somewhere?
Not that I'm aware of. It's obviously the will of the people. Here in Ohio, the legislature was talking about repealing it until there was so much outcry. It'll be almost a year on before it's possible to buy legal weed for recreational purposes. I just figure the Florida GOP might pull similar stunts. That's all.
Between marijuana and abortion rights, Florida may actually see turnout this November.
Lord, I hope so. That would make it the first state in the deep south to do so.If it does happen with it being the 26th state, that means that over half of the United States says it should be legal and we might start to really see things happen at the federal level with that.
I think the action at the federal level already has enough momentum. I imagine the rescheduling should be done by the end of the year
Oh, I don't mean rescheduling. I mean, maybe momentum can build to actually fully legalize it at the federal level.
Rescheduling would legalize it as a prescription drug
I mean recreational legalization.
The only kind of legalization.
I can’t wait.
I worry that even with rescheduling it's not going to save places where the conservatives don't care, and are willing to obstruct indefinitely.
Good news! You can legally smoke weed!
Bad news! It's now illegal to be black.
Gotta get em somehow
The vote doesn't matter if the governor can just veto it like they did the monorail bill.
Ok maybe veto isn't the perfect word, but that amounts to what actually happened. Doesn't matter how the governor killed it. Florida voters wanted the constitutional amendment and Bush killed it by referendum without the voters having any further say.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-jeb-bush-high-speed-rail-20150510-story.html
Then there was the travesty of the Bush/Gore election.
Florida voters know that their vote does not count.
You can't veto a constitutional amendment
That's not true.
There was no veto. Jeb pushed another referendum to overturn the first. All driven by voters. The governor cannot kill an amendment.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Campaigners bankrolled by dominant players in the cannabis and CBD marketplace launched a $5m advertising blitz in support of a ballot measure in November’s election that has so far been overshadowed by publicity for the one on abortion rights.
Four commercials featuring retired military personnel, business owners, law enforcement officers and regular citizens began appearing on television, radio and the internet, leaning in heavily to themes campaigners believe will appeal to the 60% of voters amendment 3 needs to pass.
And while the financial backers of the Smart & Safe Florida political advocacy committee, most prominently Trulieve, a major operator of marijuana dispensaries, stand to harvest far greater profits if the Vote Yes campaign is successful, there is little to no organized resistance.
In one of their advertisements, called Freedom, a retired army colonel and Vietnam war veteran heralds the “billions of dollars” that would be raised in revenue and sales taxes, and money and time suddenly available to law enforcement “to focus on serious crime”.
The proposed Florida amendment would make it the 26th state to approve marijuana for recreational use, and seeks to place production and distribution solely in the hands of professional, regulated operators such as Trulieve, and their networks.
As in almost all other states where voters said yes, campaigners are resting heavily on “safety” arguments, including how legalization will lead to a reduction or elimination of street drugs, often produced by cartels and laced potentially with fentanyl or other toxins.
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Weed :))]