DeSantis-Backed Group Launches To Defeat Cannabis Legalization In Florida, GOP Bigwigs Are All In
Florida’s cannabis legalization initiative, known as Amendment 3, would legalize the possession of marijuana for adults. To become law, the amendment needs at least 60% support from voters — a figure that seems to be within reach despite vehement opposition from Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Republican party. The amendment will be decided in the November 2024 elections.
A newly formed DeSantis-backed coalition has now stepped into the fray with plans to defeat the initiative, which has the support of two-thirds of Florida voters, including a majority of Republicans.
That said, Vote No on 3 “has the full support of the Governor and plans to run a vigorous and full-throated campaign to warn Floridians about this deceptive amendment seeking to make Florida the California of the east — a notion anathema to most …