Florida Supreme Court Schedules Oral Arguments for 2024 Cannabis Ballot Measure
The Florida Supreme Court issued an order Oct. 3 for oral arguments to determine if an adult-use cannabis measure is fit to appear on the state’s November 2024 ballot.
The arguments for the case are scheduled for 9 a.m. Nov. 8, 2023, with a maximum of 20 minutes to each side allowed, but “counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary,” according to the order.
No continuances will be granted by the court, except upon showing of “extreme hardship,” the order states.
This notice comes more than two months since a series of briefs and reply briefs unfolded among Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, who opposes the constitutional measure, the Smart & Safe Florida political action committee, which sponsors the measure, and various government entities and non-governmental organizations that have attempted to stake a claim in the matter.
Most recently, Moody argued that Tallahassee, Fla.-based multistate cannabis operator Trulieve, which represents the main financial muscle behind the ballot proposal with more than $39 million in contributions so far, has “invited millions of Floridians to join it in a reckless violation of federal criminal law” out of pursuit of a largest customer base and greater profits.
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