recreational marijuana

Attorney General James Uthmeier and two major business groups have urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment.

Backers of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment filed a lawsuit Monday challenging directives by state elections officials that invalidated about 71,000 petition signatures.

The proposed constitutional amendment has been submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for a judicial review. Justices will hear oral arguments in early February.

A Leon County circuit judge ruled that state officials did not err when ordering supervisors of elections to scrap more than 200,000 signatures supporting recreational marijuana.

A newspaper report says prosecutors have convened a grand jury to explore possible wrongdoing associated with Hope Florida, Casey DeSantis’ signature assistance program.

The Quincy-based medical marijuana company contributed the money to a political committee in a new effort to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational pot.

Earlier in this election season, polls showed Amendment 3 passing easily — but since DeSantis and his allies have been working to oppose it, the campaign has tightened

If the amendment passes, patients will eventually need to decide whether to keep their medical marijuana card, which comes with yearly fees and requires doctor visits.

They say passage of Amendment 3 would generate funding for state programs and prevent arrests

Smart and Safe Florida, the PAC behind the ballot initiative, spent $5 million on pro-pot ads across Florida.