Amendment 3

The Florida Department of Health has issued a warning about the risks of using marijuana. It’s the latest instance of the DeSantis administration using government resources to sway next month’s election.

Also, Republican Sen. Rick Scott leads Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by three percentage points.

Keep Florida Clean raised $903,082 and the Florida Freedom Fund $196,170 from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4 in its battle against abortion and recreational marijuana measures.

Amendment 3 could help end an era of discriminatory enforcement, according to some proponents, elected officials and drug experts. How and whether it will is a growing question.

Trulieve has donated nearly $100 million to support Amendment 3. The state's Republican chair says the lawsuit is a result of the ads "working" and being "truthful."

Trulieve pitched in $5 million from Sept. 7-13 ─ $92.77 million in all ─ to the Smart & Safe committee, which wants recreational marijuana legalized through a Nov. 5 ballot measure. Curaleaf kicked in another $1 million.

As of Sept. 6, the cannabis company had contributed $87.77 million in cash and in-kind contributions to the Smart & Safe Florida committee since 2022, a state database shows.

The cannabis company donates another $7.5 million to Smart and Safe Florida, while a Vote No on 3 commercial claims the measure was developed to create a “monopoly” for marijuana corporations.

Trulieve contributes another $10 million to the committee seeking to get recreational marijuana legalized in Florida. The company has now supplied more than $75 million of the $82 million raised.

The cannabis company's contribution was made to the Smart & Safe committee. Meantime, an opposition committee received $250,000 from Jacksonville petroleum distributor Aubrey Edge.