Republican Florida governor (yesterday) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came up with another reason to oppose Florida's ballot measure to legalize cannabis, also known as Amendment 3. Unlike the others — stinky weed smells choking the streets, increased crime, people smoking everywhere all the time — this one is geographical, sort of.
“How ridiculous is this, that we would let our Constitution basically be rent-seeking for some Canadian marijuana company? I mean, give me a break,” DeSantis said at a RNC lunch meeting, reported the Tallahassee Democrat on Wednesday.
Who Is This Canadian Interloper?
That would be the largest medical marijuana company in Florida, Trulieve Cannabis Corp (OTC:TCNNF).
“The fact of the matter is that Trulieve is Florida-born, our products are Florida-grown, and we are headquartered in Florida with most of our nearly 4,000 employees living here as well,” said Trulieve's CEO, Kim Rivers, who by the way is also from Florida.
“I am a Florida native, born and raised here, and this is my home. And, I might add, Florida law requires us and all MMTCs (medical marijuana treatment centers) to be Florida-based, so any statements to the contrary are completely false.”