Floridians rejected the Third Amendment on Tuesday to give the green light to recreational marijuana, according to both Decision Desk headquarters and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.).
Decision Desk Headquarters predicted that the amendment would fall short of the 60 percent threshold needed for passage.
DeSantis added, “Voting is over in Florida, the Third Amendment has failed, the Fourth Amendment has failed,” he said, referring to both the abortion amendment and the marijuana amendment. This comes after he warned voters on Monday that whether they like it or not, “if this passes, marijuana is going to be about you.”
In his Monday speech, DeSantis said those proposing the amendment would have “a tremendous burden to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is a good thing to have in the Florida Constitution.” He said there is.
DeSantis, who has openly opposed the Third Amendment, said the founders would have viewed it as a “policy issue” rather than a constitutional issue. Therefore, it deprives future generations of the ability to make these policy changes, he said.
He said the amendment was “orchestrated by a large marijuana company.” In other words, it's not about freedom, he continued.
“The amendment was written by the CEO of a giant marijuana company, which spent $141 million to get it passed. This company is now listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange. “As a publicly traded company, this is an important fact. You can't spend $141 million in corporate funds unless it has the potential to significantly benefit your company,” he said. Ta.
“So if you did it somewhere else, if you spent $141 million just because you were really thinking about Florida, no, that would be a breach of fiduciary duty. So they're doing this to align profits on the back end. That's the only possible justification,” he continued, adding that this vote not only legalizes marijuana, but monopolizes it. I explained that it was a thing.
This would allow a person to smoke up to 3 ounces of marijuana, “which is the equivalent of about 100 joints, much more than is allowed in California or Colorado.”
“But you have to buy it from them and the cannabis cartels that basically exist. They don't give you the ability to grow your own,” he continued, adding that this amendment would “restrict the ability to grow marijuana in public.” There are no restrictions on smoking,” he added.
“There is nothing in this amendment that would prohibit it or give it the power to regulate it.In fact, to the contrary, if you read the way it is written, there can be no penalties for smoking, civil, criminal, sanctions, etc. ,” he said.
“Actually, on the contrary, if you read the way it is written, it says there can be no penalties for smoking, civil, criminal, sanctions, etc., so if you read it in the way it is written, there can be no penalties for smoking, civil, criminal, sanctions, etc.” “How do we sanction those who do this?” he added.
“So this effectively allows rampant public consumption of marijuana in a way that would make Denver and San Francisco blush,” DeSantis emphasized, explaining the impact of this decision.
“So there are going to be people who look at this and say, 'No, I don't care, I don't care what people do.' They just don't want to get involved. You might not want to get involved with marijuana. “Understand that you may not be able to do so, but if this passes, marijuana will be relevant to you,” he added.
