While 2019 was predicted to be a banner year in the push to legalize marijuana in more parts of the United States, aside from Illinois making admirable advancements in this department, the year for cannabis has been nothing short of a dead dog. New York and New Jersey screwed the pooch earlier this year when it came time to establish a taxed and regulated pot market. And regardless of what you might have heard, Congress, as a whole, is nowhere even close to marijuana-friendly.
It now seems that 2020 will more likely be the year when the marijuana movement makes significant strides and becomes more widespread across the country. And from where we are sitting, Florida could be one of the first to get it done.
The cannabis advocacy group Regulate Florida has been pushing to legalize marijuana for recreational use in the Sunshine State for years. But it has never successfully made it far enough along in the ballot initiative process to be considered. Yet, things have changed, or at least they are changing, and now the organization is poised to get the question of legal weed put on the ballot in the 2020 election. The campaign announced last week that it has officially secured nearly 77,000 verified signatures, putting them well on their way to allow voters to decide next November whether they are ready to amend the state’s constitution and clear a space for legal weed.