Tallahassee, FL: Sixty-seven percent of Florida voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize the adult-use possession and retail sale of marijuana, according to statewide polling data compiled by the University of North Florida.
Pollsters reported that 78 percent of Democrats, 69 percent of non-affiliated voters, and 55 percent of Republicans back the plan. Support is strongest among younger voters (86 percent). Most seniors (51 percent) also endorse the plan.
Advocates for the proposed amendment, Smart & Safe Florida, have already collected a sufficient number of signatures to place it on the 2024 ballot. However, the state’s Attorney General, Republican Ashley Moody, has asked the Supreme Court to disqualify the measure. The Court heard oral arguments in the case last month.
Florida’s Attorney General successfully brought suit in 2021 to keep a similar initiative off the 2022 ballot.
The proposed initiative, which has been primarily funded by the marijuana retail company Trulieve, allows adults to possess up to three ounces of cannabis. It permits existing state-licensed medical cannabis dispensaries to serve the adult-use market, and it would authorize – but not require – lawmakers to license additional marijuana businesses.
Additional information is available from Smart & Safe Florida.