A Trulieve Cannabis Corp.-sponsored marijuana legalization campaign in Florida is actually an effort to mislead voters into helping tighten the company’s “monopolistic stranglehold” on the state’s cannabis market, the state attorney general alleged in court filings this week.
Trulieve is the main sponsor behind the Smart & Safe Florida campaign, and the Tallahassee-based multistate operator has contributed nearly all of the $40 million behind the effort to put adult-use legalization on the November 2024 ballot.
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Standing in Trulieve’s way are anti-drug advocates, the state Chamber of Commerce and Attorney General Ashley Moody, all of whom are attempting to convince the state Supreme Court to declare the proposed ballot measure unconstitutional.
Earlier this summer, the campaign submitted more than 900,000 signatures from registered voters, more than enough to qualify the measure, according to Miami TV station WFOR.
Opponents sued to block it, arguing that the initiative covers
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