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There has been a lot talk about when Florida will legalize the leaf for recreational use. The voters passed a so-called comprehensive medical marijuana program back in 2016. But the state government has been resistant to this reform. So much so that it has almost been easier for patients to continue frequenting the black market. Some people believe this is all the more reason to simply repeal the state’s prohibitionary standard. They want to allow its citizens to purchase legal weed for whatever condition necessary…be it cancer or simply just a bad day at the office. So when will Florida legalize recreational marijuana?
Regulate Florida
Legal weed is not likely to happen. Not for a while. There’s a campaign pushing to put the question of a fully legal recreational cannabis market on the ballot in the November election. But organizers of the group say they will not even come close to collecting the signatures needed to enter the next phase. The group calls itself Regulate Florida. And they require 766,000 petitions to earn a spot on the ballot in 2018.
Sadly, this means it could be a couple more years before this issue has a fighting chance.
“We’re going to continue on,” said Michael Minardi, a Tampa attorney who oversees Regulate Florida. “We’re excited about 2020. Because we know that the people are on our side.”
But just how far off was the group from making it on the ballot this year?
A report from USA Today indicates that Regulate Florida only managed to collect somewhere around 40,000 signatures. But the group is working to secure an additional