
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says the latest version of a marijuana legalization ballot initiative is in “big time trouble” with the state Supreme Court, predicting it will be blocked from going before voters next year. Meanwhile, he dodged a question about whether he would support simple legislation to decriminalize cannabis possession.
“There’s a lot of different perspectives on on marijuana,” DeSantis said at a budget-related briefing on Monday. “It should not be in our Constitution. If you feel strongly about it, you have elections for the legislature. Go back candidates that you believe will be able to deliver what your vision is on that.”
“But when you put these things in the Constitution—and I think, I mean, the way they wrote, there’s all kinds of things going on in here. I think it’s going to have big time trouble getting through the Florida Supreme Court,” he said.
“Honestly, as written, I don’t think it will even be on the ballot,” he said of the new proposal from the Smart & Safe Florida campaign, which was slightly revised from the 2024 version that received a majority of support but not enough to be enacted under state law.
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