Smart & Safe Florida has begun mailing thousands of petitions to households statewide in its renewed push to legalize recreational marijuana.
The petition can also be downloaded online here. Although the petition is available online, it was still be mailed back or dropped off to be counted.
The group’s initiative, similar to its 2024 proposal Amendment 3, would legalize marijuana for those 21 and older, allowing for regulated sales of products such as edibles and concentrates while maintaining restrictions, including a ban on public consumption and child-attractive marketing. It would also grant Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers the ability to grow, sell, and distribute marijuana to adult consumers, while creating a framework for licensing new businesses in the market.
Smart & Safe Florida launched this latest campaign earlier this month. The new petition effort follows the failure of Amendment 3 in November 2024, which received nearly 56% of the vote but fell short of the 60% needed for passage as a constitutional amendment. That initiative was the most expensive in the nation that year, and the most well-funded marijuana campaign in U.S. history.
With petitions now being distributed by mail and available online, Smart & Safe Florida is aiming to surpass its previous signature threshold to ensure the measure qualifies for the 2026 ballot. The campaign is expected to face strong opposition from DeSantis, who spearheaded the opposition to Amendment 3, and state agencies, continuing what has become a high-stakes fight over marijuana legalization in Florida.
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