Florida ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana fails

Marijuana legalization fails in Florida

A costly campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida failed Tuesday and California voters took a step toward tough crime laws as voters in dozens of states weighed more than 140 measures appearing on the ballot alongside races for president…

Ballot measures to legalize recreational use of cannabis fail in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota

Florida's marijuana measure needed 60% of the vote to pass and got only 56%. Tina Russell for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesNov. 5, 2024, was a tough day for cannabis legalization supporters. Recreational legalization ballot questions in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota all failed. Two medical measures passed in Nebraska but face legal challenges over the validity of the signatures required to get the measures on the ballot. Why two…

Recreational Marijuana Measure Fails in North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — While voters once again rejected adult recreational marijuana use, the organization behind the ballot measure still believes legalization is inevitable. While measure 5 didn’t pass, the gap between yes and no votes has narrowed since the last time a similar measure was on the ballot. Nearly 53% of the vote was against legal weed with 190,161 people voting no and 171,733 voting yes. A leader of the group behind the measure wo…

Could failure to legalize recreational weed change future of medical marijuana in Florida?

TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 56% of Florida voters supported a measure that would have allowed recreational use of marijuana for adults, but that wasn’t enough to push the proposed constitutional amendment over the finish line. The failure of what appeared as Amendment 3 on Tuesday’s ballot raises questions about the future of the medical-marijuana industry in a state with more cannabis patients than any other in the nation but where some operators have…

Drug legalization takes massive hit in state referenda - Washington Examiner

Voters in the 2024 election dealt a rebuke to drug legalization efforts in four states, a major political development that will shape the future of both marijuana and psychedelic drug policy across the country. Measures to legalize recreational marijuana failed in Florida, North Dakota, and South Dakota, despite record spending from the cannabis industry already operating in those jurisdictions. Support for the Florida constitutional amendment, …

Florida Fails to Pass Amendment Legalizing Recreational Weed

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state of Florida failed on Tuesday.