The medical-cannabis company Trulieve contributed another $8 million in April to a ballot initiative aimed at legalizing recreational use of marijuana, according to a finance report posted Wednesday on the state Division of Elections website.
As of April 30, Trulieve had contributed $38.5 million to Smart & Safe Florida, a political committee trying to put the initiative on the November 2024 ballot.
That is all but $124.58 of the money raised by the committee, which had spent $38.4 million as of April 30, according to the report.
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Most of the money has gone toward collecting and verifying petition signatures. The Division of Elections website Wednesday listed 786,702 validated signatures for the initiative.
The committee needs to reach a total of 891,523 validated signatures.
The “Adult Personal Use of Marijuana” proposal would allow people 21 or older “to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption by smoking, ingestion, or otherwise.”
Florida voters in 2016 approved a constitutional amendment that broadly allowed medical marijuana.
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