Trulieve Cannabis Corp has donated an additional $500,000 to a Florida initiative campaign that would legalize recreational marijuana, bringing its total donations to an eye-opening $39.55 million.
The nearly $40 million was donated to Smart & Safe Florida, a nonprofit political organization sponsoring an initiative to legalize marijuana that will be voted on during the November, 2024 general election. The initiative would allow those 21 and older “to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption by smoking, ingestion, or otherwise.”
Under the proposed law, licensed marijuana retail outlets would be allowed to distribute the plant, with any of the state’s licensed medical-marijuana dispensaries allowed to “acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell and distribute such products and accessories.”
The Florida Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on November 8 to discuss a lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general who is seeking to remove it from the ballot.
According to the Florida Division of Elections, the Smart & Safe Florida campaign submitted 967,528 validated signatures for their initiative, well more than the 891,523 signatures required to place the measure on the ballot.
According to polling released last month and conducted by the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University, 60% of registered Florida voters support legalizing marijuana, including 50% of Republicans.
