Florida Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative Has Enough Support To Pass, New Poll Finds As Trump Backs Reform - Marijuana Moment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

95% : Last week, Trump said medical marijuana has been "absolutely amazing" for patients, and that the Florida legalization initiative is "going to be very good" for the state after it passes, which he expects to happen.
56% : "Meanwhile, following Trump's recent announcement of support for the cannabis legalization ballot measure in Florida, the campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, started working to remind voters that while in office, Trump "took marijuana reform backwards.
49% : "Florida's constitution, if amendment 3 passes, will provide for regulating the use of *medical* marijuana in public, but not *recreational* marijuana."Trump similarly talked about his own concerns with public cannabis consumption, though he predicted the measure would pass, saying, "Whether people like it or not, this will happen through the approval of the Voters, so it should be done correctly.
47% : "Separately, longtime ally and GOP political operative Roger Stone, who is also a Florida resident and supports the legalization proposal, separately told Marijuana Moment that if Trump did ultimately endorse the measure it would "guarantee victory.
44% : "As I have previously stated, I believe it is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use," Trump said on Sunday.
36% : "Trump also recently went after Harris over her prosecutorial record on marijuana, claiming that she put "thousands and thousands of Black people in jail" for cannabis offenses -- but the full record of her time in office is more nuanced.
35% : "Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is sponsoring a bill to federally legalize marijuana called the States Reform Act, separately said that while she hopes Trump will back the Biden administration's rescheduling move, she also said part of the reason Republicans in Congress have declined to embrace marijuana policy change is because they're "afraid of it.
31% : "You take a look at the numbers, it's been very hard to beat it," Trump said, referencing polling for marijuana legalization ballot measures.
14% : "In a memo from a senior campaign spokesperson, the Harris campaign accused Trump of "brazen flip flops" on cannabis.

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