Newsman: Former President Donald Trump said he’ll vote for Florida measure legalizing recreational marijuana.
“As a Floridian, I will be voting YES on Amendment 3 this November,” Trump wrote in a social media post Sunday evening.
“I believe it is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use,” Trump said in his statement.
Trump added that if he wins a second term he would support research “to unlock the medical uses of marijuana,” work with Congress on open the banking system to marijuana companies and back “states rights to pass marijuana laws, like in Florida, that work so well for their citizens.”
Amendment 3 would allow adults 21 and older to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana, or up to 5 grams in concentrated form.
Another Florida ballot measure – Amendment 4 – would protect abortion rights. The amendment would overturn the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. Donald Trump repeatedly has criticized the six-week abortion ban and suggested last month that he might support Amendment 4. When pressed on his position on the amendment, Trump said: “I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.”
Trump indicated last month that he supported Amendment 3, saying it’s passage is inevitable, but didn’t explicitly endorse the measure.
The Republican Party of Florida announced in May that it would officially oppose Amendment 3 and another constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights. At the time, Florida GOP Chair Evan Power called the amendments part of a “radical agenda.”
DeSantis also has been a vocal opponent of the marijuana amendment.
