Earlier today, I spotted this fellow at the corner of 436/Aloma which gave me the idea to start this thread.
John Morgan is funding all the pro-Amendment 3 commercials.
Florida Amendment 3, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2024)
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
“When do I use marijuana? Every f*…ing day,” he said. “I smoke a joint and I’m still here, as Elton John would say, I’m still standing. But guess what? I wake up every day clear as a bell. No cobwebs. So the time has come, like the time has come for a lot of the things in the past, to put these laws all behind us. If I was the governor of this state I would pardon every single person who’s ever been arrested for marijuana. I’d expunge all their records.”
More Americans are now reporting daily or near-daily use of marijuana than those who drink alcohol at similar levels, according to an analysis published last week in the journal Addiction and authored by Carnegie Mellon University drug policy researcher Jonathan Caulkins.
If approved, Amendment 3 would legalize adults 21 and older to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products up to three ounces. It would result in an increase of at least $195.6 million annually in state and local sales tax revenues, according to the Florida Financial Impact Estimating Conference from July 2023. It requires 60% support for passage.
There are 24 states currently that have legalized recreational cannabis, but as the Phoenix has previously reported, of the 15 states that approved legal weed via the ballot box, only three states – Maryland, New Jersey and Arizona – have been able to pass it by that large of a margin.
John Morgan, who pushed medical marijuana in FL, announces support for adult recreational cannabis • Florida Phoenix
Orlando-based trial attorney and major Democratic fundraiser John Morgan, who spent more than $8 million of his own money to get medical marijuana legalized in Florida in 2016, announced on Wednesday that he is supporting Amendment 3, the constitutional amendment on the ballot in Florida this...
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