WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A new petition to legalize recreational marijuana is gaining serious traction, gathering 100,000 signatures in its first 20 days of its campaign.
The goal is to get it on the 2020 ballot.
The petition, started by the group Make It Legal Florida, would allow adults 21-years-old or older to buy recreational cannabis, with sales taking place at existing medical marijuana dispensaries. It would also regulate its producers to make sure it stays out of the hands of children.
The group is now mailing out the fliers to make the process as easy as possible for voters with their names and addresses are already filled out on the petition. They don’t even need to buy a return stamp, just sign and send back.
According to state law, a petition must undergo a Florida Supreme Court review before it can even be considered, and that can be done only after 76,632 signatures have been collected; if the 100,000 signatures can be verified, that will be more than enough to complete this process.
For it to make it onto the ballot for the November 2020 general election, 766,200 copies of the petition must be signed by February.
As of now, recreational marijuana is fully legal in 11 states and the District of Columbia.
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