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Florida Amendment 3 supporters, Gov. DeSantis continue to square off ahead of Election Day

DeSantis has pulled out all the stops to prevent the initiative from reaching the 60 percent voter approval needed

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida November 1, 2024May 2, 2025

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Donald Trump, Kamala Harris featured in new ad touting Florida’s Amendment 3

Trump announced on his Truth Social page last month that ‘[a]s a Floridian, I will be voting YES on Amendment 3 this November’

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix October 30, 2024May 31, 2025

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Bipartisan group blasts DeSantis for using taxpayer money to fight Florida’s Amendment 3

‘This is undemocratic and a violation of Florida laws to spend taxpayer funds on political ads. Period.’

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix October 28, 2024June 14, 2025

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Trulieve CEO tours Florida to ‘set the record straight’ on Amendment 3

The company has invested more than $80 million to get Amendment 3 passed in Florida this fall

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix October 24, 2024May 30, 2025

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Trulieve sues Florida GOP for defamation over ad featuring ‘Big Weed’ character

The company accused the party of launching an ‘intentionally deceptive campaign’ to mislead voters

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida October 3, 2024July 22, 2025

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DeSantis-linked anti-pot PAC receives $1 million from group affiliated with co-founders of ‘abusive’ teen drug rehab program

The late GOP megadonors Betty and Mel Sembler also funded efforts to keep medical marjuana illegal in Florida back in 2016

by McKenna Schueler September 27, 2024July 14, 2025

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Committee aiming to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida raises over $100 million

Overall, Smart & Safe Florida had raised $100,751,446 in cash and $607,381 in in-kind contributions since 2022

by News Service of Florida September 23, 2024March 27, 2025

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Florida Gov. DeSantis defends targeting marijuana petition workers

‘There’s a lot of money that’s at stake here,’ DeSantis said

by Jim Turner News Service of Florida September 20, 2024July 25, 2025

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Trump confirms he will vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida

‘As a Floridian, I will be voting YES on Amendment 3 this November,’ Trump wrote

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix September 9, 2024February 22, 2025

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Trulieve adds another $7.5 million to effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida

The company’s total contributions now total nearly $83 million

by News Service of Florida September 9, 2024March 14, 2025

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DeSantis official criticizes Florida’s Amendment 3 for not including ‘home-grow’

Advocates for the measure argue the ‘talking point’ makes little sense in light of FL’s single-subject rules for citizen initiatives

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix August 22, 2024August 1, 2025

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Florida Sen. Joe Gruters wants to ban smoking in public if recreational marijuana is legalized

Gruters stunned some of his colleagues two weeks ago when he came out in support of the proposed constitutional amendment

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix August 15, 2024February 4, 2025

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Hedge-fund billionaire gives $12 million to PAC fighting Florida’s recreational marijuana initiative

Griffin called the proposed amendment ‘a terrible plan to create the nation’s most expansive and destructive marijuana laws’

by News Service of Florida August 5, 2024June 12, 2025

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Former state GOP chair Sen. Joe Gruters backs Florida marijuana legalization

In doing so, he is going up against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican Party of Florida

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix August 2, 2024August 5, 2025

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Florida sheriffs and police chiefs oppose recreational marijuana initiative

‘The well-being and health of the citizens of Florida are threatened through the legalization and normalization of recreational marijuana’

by News Service of Florida July 31, 2024June 8, 2025

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Trulieve adds another $5 million to effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida

Smart & Safe Florida is leading efforts to pass a recreational-marijuana initiative on the November ballot.

by News Service of Florida July 29, 2024October 6, 2024

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Orlando PR firm that was paid to kill local rent control effort now going after Florida’s pro-pot amendment

Consensus Communications launched their opposition campaign to Florida’s Amendment 3 last Friday.

by McKenna Schueler July 24, 2024April 13, 2025

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PAC aiming to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida raises $313K in a week

In all, the Smart & Safe Florida committee has raised nearly $61.5 million

by News Service of Florida July 19, 2024January 2, 2025

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling refuels legal fight over medical marijuana, guns

Lawyers are tangling over how the decision should apply to federal prohibitions on medical-marijuana patients buying and possessing guns

by Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida July 17, 2024July 15, 2025

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Cathy Jordan, Florida’s ‘patron saint’ of medical cannabis, dies at the age of 74

Jordan was known for her long-term advocacy of the plant, dating to the late 1990s

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix July 9, 2024July 16, 2025