Pot company sues Florida GOP for 'deceptive campaign' against marijuana referendum

[RandySF]

TALLAHASSEE — The state’s largest medical-marijuana company filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday accusing the state Republican Party of launching an “intentionally deceptive campaign” to mislead voters about a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana.

With voting by mail already underway in the Nov. 5 election, the lawsuit filed by Trulieve, Inc. — which has spent nearly $93 million on the recreational-marijuana initiative — also accused the owners of two Fort Myers-based television stations of running a “demonstrably false” ad “trying to fool Florida voters” into voting against what will appear on the ballot as Amendment 3.

“The GOP knew that the claims in the deceptive mailer and ad were false, intentionally deceptive, and duplicitous but published them anyway in order to trick Florida voters into voting against a ballot initiative that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis in Florida,” the lawsuit said.

The TV ad features a gardener who sees a news broadcast saying that the amendment could “legalize recreational marijuana.” The gardener rushes to start planting but is confronted by a “Big Weed” character that says, “Actually, we wrote the amendment, so we’re the only ones that can grow it.”



https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/10/02/pot-company-sues-florida-gop-for-deceptive-campaign-against-marijuana-referendum/

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I've seen both ads multiple times and I still don't understand which side is telling the truth OR which way I would vote

[HAB911]

2. personally,

I'm voting yes, 1 step forward is better than standing still. Legalize it and then work on what it doesn't do. When it passes the legislature is going to throw the kitchen sink at it anyway to block implementation one way or another.

[Baggies]

3. I'm voting No

This is a multi-National corporate bill that will benefit them. It lines their pockets. As soon as I saw John Morgan was involved, it didn’t take much digging to figure out. John Morgan is for John Morgan. He’s the rich man pretending like he cares that only wants to line his own pockets. Way too often good people fall for this crap.

[RandySF]

4. So you would vote against legalization for because someone will make money?

[Baggies]

5. I've stated why.

I see no reason to explain it again.

[Zorro]

6. The amendment mentions nothing about preventing home-grown MJ

But there is a current existing law on the books making home-grown MJ illegal.

If the amendment passes the Republican legislators can either 1) let that law remain on the books, or 2) eliminate the law to allow people to grow their own.

The ads are nothing more than Republican ratfuckery.