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Trump, Harris, Vance And Walz Agree On This: End Cannabis Criminalization In Florida
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 3:09pm | 651A new ad for Florida's marijuana legalization initiative, Amendment 3, highlights a rare bipartisan consensus among presidential candidates and their running mates from both the Democratic and Republican parties: all of them oppose criminalizing cannabis users. Titled “We're All Saying the...
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Ken Griffin's $12M Donation And DeSantis's Anti-Cannabis PACs Face Off Against Pro-Legalization Group's $72M War Chest
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 10:23am | 710Florida’s adult-use cannabis legalization initiative, known as Amendment 3, is steadily moving toward securing the 60% supermajority needed for a constitutional amendment in the November 2024 election. Financially, the pro-cannabis campaign led by Smart and Safe Florida, is in a strong...
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'Terrible Plan': Billionaire Ken Griffin Donates $12M To Defeat Florida's Cannabis Legalization Measure
Monday, August 5, 2024 - 8:33am | 809The campaign to defeat Florida's cannabis legalization initiative, known as Amendment 3, got its single largest donation when hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin announced that he's tossing in $20 million. Of that amount, $12 million will go directly to Keep Florida Clean, a political committee...
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'Most Florida Marijuana Is Illegal' Mom Cautions Against Dangers Of Unregulated Weed In New Cannabis Legalization Ad
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 4:50pm | 687The campaign advocating for Florida's Amendment 3, which seeks to legalize marijuana, launched a new ad this week highlighting the risks associated with unregulated cannabis on the black market. The ad hit heavy on the fact that much of Florida’s marijuana is illegally produced and could...
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Florida Cannabis Legalization Amendment Ads Hit Airwaves: The First 4 Pitches For Legal Weed In The Sunshine State
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 5:21pm | 827Smart and Safe Florida, the group behind Florida's ballot measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use, is hitting the TV screens and airwaves across the Sunshine State with four campaign ads to get its views across. "A smart and safe Florida means a regulated marijuana market where...
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Ron DeSantis Says People Will Be 'Toking Up' Near Schools If Cannabis Legalization Is Approved In November
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 7:20pm | 525Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took another swipe at the cannabis legalization amendment Floridians will vote on in the November 2024 elections. This time, he went after those whom he believes will smoke pot near K-12 schools. "So someone walking by an elementary school just sitting there toking up, that's...
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Veterans Affairs Is Not Preventing Suicides Successfully, Says GOP Rep. As Congressional Committee Approves Cannabis And Psychedelics Bills
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 9:20am | 932The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs approved a pair of cannabis and psychedelics bills on Tuesday. Committee members unanimously voted in favor of both proposals as part of a package with other bills, reported Marijuana Moment. The news comes about a month after the House Veterans Affairs...
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Cannabis Execs, Advocates Delighted With Florida's Supreme Court Ruling To Allow Legalization Amendment On November Ballot
Monday, April 1, 2024 - 7:21pm | 1078Monday's Florida Supreme Court decision approving a cannabis amendment to allow Florida residents to vote on legalizing adult-use marijuana in the November 2024 election elicited optimistic responses in the cannabis community. Starting with Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve Cannabis Corp (OTCQX...