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This paper attempts to discuss and analyze the policy options and considerations on marijuana while considering existing polices on the subject to provide appropriate recommendations for Florida.
Colin KalmbacherApr 22nd, 2021, 7:30 pm
In an advisory opinion issued Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court tossed a proposed ballot measure that would have added a state constitutional amendment legalizing some types of recreational marijuana use. Critics attacked the court’s ruling as a thinly-veiled effort to legislate from the bench.
In a 5-2 decision, Florida’s conservative high court came down against the proposal and struck it from the 2022 ballot on the premise that the initiative’s summary language lacked clarity.
According to the opinion, the ballot initiative’s summary would have read as follows:
Permits adults 21 years or older to possess, use, purchase, display, and transport up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and marijuana accessories for personal use for any reason. Permits Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers to sell, distribute, or dispense marijuana and marijuana accessories if clearly labeled and in childproof packaging to adults. Prohibits advertising or mark
Florida Supreme Court Rejects Ballot Initiative Aimed at Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
The Florida Supreme Court on April 22 rejected a ballot initiative (pdf) aimed at allowing people to vote on the legalization of recreational marijuana, saying it would be “misleading” to voters.
In a 5-2 ruling, the Supreme Court said the initiative’s language wording that people see when they cast ballots that it “permits” marijuana use by adults “misleads voters into believing that the recreational use of marijuana in Florida will be free of any repercussions, criminal or otherwise.”
The ruling came after Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody asked the court to advise whether the potential constitutional initiative would be suitable for a future ballot.