Cannabis industry pros push for Amendment 3’s passage in Florida

Elections are fast approaching and campaigning for certain ballot initiatives are in full swing in Florida, where a hot button topic is Amendment 3 involving the adult personal use of Marijuana.

Mark Gemignani the CEO of DAG shared, “Amendment 3 is going to increase the customer base exponentially and it’s going to require infrastructure in our company builds infrastructure.”

Those in the cannabis industry convened on Monday to network ahead of election day and advocate for Amendment 3.

Those present claim that if passed, the ballot initiative will help bring legal recreational cannabis to users who are not medical marijuana cardholders, bring more jobs to the state, and make the industry more competitive.

“We are very excited at GoldFlower cannabis for to get a passing vote and it will open up many job opportunities it will help finance many things in the state,” said Valeria Berger, the VP of Operations of GoldFlower Cannabis shares.

“There will be a tax that will bring in a lot of revenue and it’s just going to bring just people. If you have a shopping center and people are coming for cannabis it will bring more customers to those tenants in those shopping centers, and for tourists, they will be able to put that money in the Florida economy,” explained Dustin Robinson, known as “Mr. Cannabis Law.”

Advertisements from the coalition Vote No on 3 claim the ballot initiative will allow corporations to not be held accountable. They also claim that the scent of weed will be smelled everywhere in Florida.

The legislature would also be the ones to decide if growing marijuana in your home could become legal, but that’s not a discussion for now, as Amendment 3 makes no mention of home grow. If Amendment 3 passes, Florida will continue to mandate that cannabis sold in this state be cultivated, grown, packaged and sold right here in Florida. And it can only be done so by a licensed facility.

There were currently 24 medical marijuana treatment centers that have no cap on how many stores they can have in the state. And there’s no clear indication if there will be more MMTC’s if Amendment 3 passes.

Some local municipalities have already had discussions on how they will navigate things if the amendment passes. On Monday, Miami Beach was set to have those discussions, but they tabled the conversation until after the elections.