DeSantis Continues To Push Against Florida Marijuana Legalization Initiative Despite Trump's Support And New Polling

As a new poll again shows majority support for a Florida marijuana legalization ballot initiative—and the campaign behind the measure rolls out a new ad featuring a law enforcement official endorsing the proposal—Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is continuing to beat the drum in opposition to the reform.

The latest survey from the Florida Chamber of Commerce, which is against the cannabis initiative, found that 59 percent of likely voters in the state back Amendment 3. That’d put it just short of the required 60 percent threshold to pass a constitutional amendment at the ballot under state law, however.

“The lack of movement in support from Floridians over the past year comes despite more than $75 million being raised to promote this amendment, over $70 million of which has come from Florida’s largest medicinal marijuana provider [Trulieve],” the chamber said. “This failure to build momentum for the amendment displays that the concerns about Amendment 3 raised by Governor DeSantis and others are resonating with many Floridians.”

The organization didn’t release the specific questions voters were asked in the survey, which involved interviews with 600 likely voters from August 15-26 and has a +/-4 percentage point margin of error. But other recent polling signals that the measure does have enough support to reach the 60 percent threshold, including one from the James Madison Institute (JMI) that was released late last month showing 64 percent of likely voters in Florida are in favor of the legalization proposal.



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