OAN Staff Avril Elfie
6:40pm – Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Efforts to legalize recreational marijuana use will fail at the polls in the Sunshine State, according to upcoming reports.
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Medical marijuana use is legal in Florida, but despite support from the Florida Democratic Party to former President Donald Trump, recreational use has failed to reach the 60% of voters needed to pass the state constitutional amendment. could not gain support.
Currently, state law allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes if a doctor determines it is necessary to treat a patient's pain, epilepsy, insomnia, cancer or glaucoma. Florida voters successfully passed a statewide referendum in 2016 to expand medical use eligibility.
Nevertheless, Florida will continue to ban recreational use of the drug for the foreseeable future.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida), who was a vocal opponent of the amendment, is reportedly happy that it has been repealed. The Republican governor warned voters not to pass the bill in media interviews and numerous press conferences.
DeSantis also said in May that legalizing the Third Amendment would likely be a public nuisance.
“It would be everywhere. The state would smell like that. We don't need that in Florida,” DeSantis said of marijuana legalization.
Despite strong opposition from DeSantis, Trump became a national champion of the bill. Many struggling Americans don't want to rely on painkillers and other medications that are not only highly addictive, but can also ruin lives and cause overdoses if taken carelessly, so instead they Choose to consume marijuana.
“As a Floridian, I intend to vote yes on Amendment 3 this November,” the former president said in a post on his social media site Truth Social.
“Unlike Kamala Harris, who sentenced thousands of black men for non-violent use of marijuana, President Trump is a drug that is now legal in multiple states,” Janiya Thomas of the Trump campaign media said in a statement. “We agree that no American should be imprisoned forever for using.” director.
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