Ron DeSantis, Florida’s GOP And Hemp Industry Pile On To Defeat Marijuana Legalization
After Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill in early June that would have severely limited and regulated the hemp industry, executives in the industry pledged $5 million in donations to the Republican Party of Florida earmarked to support the governor’s vociferous effort to defeat the legalization of cannabis, according to WhatsApp messages reviewed by CBS News Miami. Known as Amendment 3, the initiative seeks to legalize recreational marijuana at the ballot box in the November 2024 election.
“We know nothing in life is free and neither was this veto,” explained an introductory post on the WhatsApp message group known as Save Florida Hemp.
If DeSantis had signed the bill into law, hemp supporters say it would have decimated their industry, put thousands of people out of work and cost the state billions in revenue.
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