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Donald Trump has confirmed he will vote for recreational marijuana use to be legalized in Florida, putting him at loggerheads with the state’s governor and his erstwhile competitor for the Republican nomination.
“I believe it’s time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Monday. “As a Floridian, I will be voting YES on Amendment 3 this November.” He added that as president he would support the passage of similar laws in other states “that work so well for their citizens.”
His position pits him against not only Ron DeSantis, who has previously decried the proposal, which Floridians will vote on in November, as a “license to [use marijuana] wherever you want,” but also Ken Griffin, billionaire hedge fund manager and top GOP donor, who’s thrown an estimated $12 million into campaigning against the legalization initiative.
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