Florida Voters:
Florida Amendment 3, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2024)
https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Amendment_3,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2024)
Florida Amendment 3, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, is on the ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
A “yes” vote supports legalizing marijuana for adults 21 years old and older and allowing individuals to possess up to three ounces of marijuana.
A “no” vote opposes legalizing marijuana for adult use in Florida.
Supermajority requirement: A 60% supermajority vote is required for the approval of the amendment.
Overview
What would the initiative do?
The initiative would legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and older. Individuals would be allowed to possess up to three ounces of marijuana (about 85 grams), with up to five grams in the form of concentrate. Existing Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers would be authorized under the initiative to sell marijuana to adults for personal use. The Florida State Legislature could provide by state law for the licensure of entities other than existing Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers to cultivate and sell marijuana products.[1]
Medical marijuana was adopted by Florida voters in 2016 by a vote of 71% to 29%.
Who is supporting and opposing this initiative?
Smart and Safe Florida is sponsoring the initiative. The campaign reported $39.55 million in contributions, all from Trulieve, a marijuana dispensary company that owns medical marijuana dispensaries in Florida.[2] Smart & Safe Florida said, “The industry is sustainable and growing. In 2020, when the state lost more than 400,000 jobs, Florida’s cannabis industry added 15,000 employees. ... Tax revenues from the legal cannabis industry for federal and state governments are projected to reach $4.06 billion in 2025, according to New Frontier data. ... There is no evidence that legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational use at the state level, as 37 states already have done, has boosted underage consumption from the regulated marketplace. The continued black market sale of marijuana perpetuates a culture of criminality. ... If adult-use cannabis is legalized, Florida users will have accountability, transparency, and regulations in place to ensure products are not laced with or contain potentially deadly chemicals.”[3]
Opponents of the initiative include Drug Free America, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Florida Attorney General Ashley B. Moody (R). The attorney general is required to petition the Florida Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of proposed initiatives. Moody filed briefs with the state supreme court in which she argued that the measure should be blocked from appearing on the ballot because the ballot summary is misleading because it fails to accurately inform voters that marijuana would be illegal under federal law. She also alleged that the ballot summary would allow[] Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell, and distribute marijuana, though “the amendment itself ‘allows’ no such thing—it merely declines to disturb the legislature’s preexisting authority to license additional such entities.”[4]
I’ve a feeling that these legalization deals are a hosing for the citizenry. Minor point is that the age reinforces the idea that an adult old enough to perform military service, enter contracts and vote can have rights restricted or taken. If you make 21 the magic age for weed/alcohol/etc…then it’s also the age when you should also gain those other rights/responsibilities for those other things.
Second, major point: AFAIK, each of these legalization states requires the swipe of a drivers license to make this purchase and you can bet that is logged/recorded. There may not be an immediate flag or rejection of a form 4473 (firearm transaction), but you can bet your azz that if you are square pegging a political round hole in the future that someone is going to dig that up and hold it over buyers…
The purpose of the pot amendment in FL is to bookend the abortion initiative in order to increase turnout of those who presumably would vote for Biden...possibly put FL in play.
BREAKING: West Point To Make Honor Code ‘Aspirational’ In Another Destructive Move By Superintendent LTG Gilland
Excerpt:
When LTG Steve Gilland took the reigns of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, since he is a former special operator, many grads were somewhat relieved, as they surmised he would be more true to West Point’s history and legacy than LTG Williams, who infested the academy with Marxist ideology.
Now, many grads see in Gilland another senior officer betraying his oath and attempting to change West Point in keeping with the Biden agenda.
Recent minutes of the Board of Visitors of West Point’s spring meeting show Gilland is moving to change the venerable ‘honor code’ to be ‘aspirational’ instead of sacrosanct.
How does this build character one might ask?
The answer is - it doesn’t.
The only reason for this move, along with removing Duty, Honor, Country from the mission statement, is to weaken the integrity of graduates who will fill the U.S. military’s ranks, so they may be enjoined to repress and persecute the American citizenry in the future.
If an officer can lie, cheat, or steal, what’s to stop him from firing on innocent Americans at the will of a fascist Federal government?
With that pesky little phrase ‘Duty, Honor, Country’, and now ‘Honor’ removed, West Point is no longer creating leaders of character, but a Pretorian Guard for the emperor.