Medical Legalizing Marijuana Finally Coming To Florida Ballot!
On its path to the ballot, a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana for recreational use in Florida cleared its first legal obstacle. Before the question is put on the 2024 ballot, it must first pass two requirements. Prior to a judicial and financial impact examination, the “Smart & Safe Florida” group had to amass a minimum of 222,898 legally binding signatures.
The suggested language that would appear on the ballot will be examined by the Florida Supreme Court to ensure that it is not deceptive. Legislators and state authorities in Florida will examine the potential effects on the state budget and any potential changes to other laws.
If all goes as planned, the organization would then need to gather 891,589 legally binding signatures in order to place the matter on the ballot. To put it simply, this does not imply that the law will be adopted. Advocates and voters would need to work together to get it passed into law.
Florida needs that the initiative receives at least 60% of the vote in order for it to become national law. On February 2, there were 294,000 valid signatures, which was sufficient to evaluate the measure. Anyone who is 21 years old or older would be able to consume marijuana goods and accessories for recreational purposes in addition to medical usage under the proposed amendment.
This can be done via smoking, eating, or other means. Despite this, the proposed amendment specifies that legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Florida “would not affect, or immunize violations of, federal law,” but rather set the state boundaries for personal use and possession and schedule a date for it to go into effect.
Florida has considered legalizing recreational marijuana before. The most recent attempts to bring it to Florida legally failed in 2021 after a judge disallowed the summary of the amendment that would appear on ballots.
The current draft, which was submitted in August 2022, would fare better with the support of a famous endorser. There are currently several limitations on the legal use of medical marijuana by qualified Floridians.
