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Floridians Protecting Freedom reports picking up $700,000 from Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida during the week of Aug. 16-23 for the effort to promote Amendment 4.
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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.
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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.
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The total raised during the latest reporting period included $5 million from Lantana resident Marsha Laufer and $2 million from the D.C.-based Open Society Action Fund.
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Matthew Peddie, host of the podcast "Our Changing State," speaks with WUSF Public Media reporter Sky Lebron about what Amendment 3 means.
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Ken Griffin, CEO of the firm Citadel, in an opinion piece in the Miami Herald, calls the proposed amendment “a terrible plan to create the nation’s most expansive and destructive marijuana laws.”
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Under Amendment 3, adults will be allowed to possess, purchase or use marijuana products for nonmedical reasons.
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In all, Trulieve had contributed about $60.39 million to the committee as of July 19, according to a state Division of Elections database.
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The court issued orders that said it has “expedited” proceedings in the cases, which involve a battle between Floridians Protecting Freedom and state officials related to Amendment 4.
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Floridians Protecting Freedom contends the House speaker and Senate president did not have the authority to direct a panel to revise the statement after a circuit judge rejected an earlier version.