Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a final warning about an amendment to legalize marijuana in Florida.
DeSantis is firmly against Amendment 3, which he claims legalizes recreational marijuana without implementing necessary safeguards, and essentially allows widespread public use of marijuana.
During a Monday discussion, DeSantis highlighted that the amendment was actually “orchestrated by one mega marijuana company” that is publicly traded on the Canadian stock exchange, with the CEO investing $141 million to push the amendment through.
“That’s an important fact because as a publicly traded corporation. You would not be able to spend $141 million of corporate funds, unless that potentially could yield big profits for your company,” he detailed.
He noted that if Trulieve, a cannabis company, spent the huge sum of cash in Florida because it “truly” cared about the state, it would “be a violation of fiduciary duty.”
“So they’re doing this in order to orchestrate profits on the back end,” DeSantis added. “That’s the only possible justification.”
Which is why he believes that they invested the insane amount of money to create a monopoly, as the amendment does not allow Floridians to grow cannabis independently.
“You have to buy it from them, and the weed cartel that’s basically in existence. They do not give you the ability to grow your own,” he noted.
DeSantis also pointed out the amendment lacks restrictions on public marijuana smoking.
“Nothing in this amendment prohibits that or provides any authority to regulate it. In fact, to the contrary, when you read how it’s written, it says, there can be no penalties for smoking, civil, criminal or sanctions,” he explained.
The governor noted that the amendment, which would be added to the state’s Constitution, offers no limitations on users smoking in public.
“So this will in effect, authorize a rampant public consumption of marijuana in ways that I think would make Denver and San Francisco blush,” DeSantis declared.
He issued a final warning to voters who think they won’t be affected. “Understand you may not want to be in marijuana, involved with marijuana, but if this passes, marijuana is going to be involved with you.”
Watch DeSantis’ Monday panel here:
