Trump Endorses Florida Marijuana Measure, Calls for Public Smoking Ban

Published on August 31, 2024

Former President Donald Trump said he believes voters of Florida will approve a ballot measure that will legalize marijuana in his adopted home state. The Republican presidential nominee expressed support for Florida lawmakers banning public marijuana smoking, but said that people shouldn’t be criminalized for having “personal amounts” on them. “In Florida, like so many other States that have already given their approval, personal amounts of marijuana will be legalized for adults with Amendment 3,” Trump wrote Aug. 31 on his social media site Truth Social. “Whether people like it or not, this will happen through the approval of the Voters, so it should be done correctly.”...