Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan expressed her support for Amendment 3, a November ballot initiative that if approved would legalize the use of marijuana in Florida for those 21 years and older, according to a report by Florida Politics.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and other city officials addressed the Florida law that bans the unhoused from sleeping on public property.
Deegan’s support for Amendment 3 came two days after Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters expressed at a town hall meeting that he is “dead set against it”. “Marijuana smoke is the most offensive smell to me ever,” he said. “I was in Stockton, California, not too long ago, and I’m walking from one place to another just, marijuana smoke. Why do I have to smell everyone else’s smoke?”
According to a report from the Florida Financial Impact Estimating Conference released in July of 2023, recreational marijuana will generate sales tax revenue of between $195 million and $431 million a year in Florida. These sales tax dollars would mostly go to the state, just like any other sales tax. However, there’s currently no plan to direct the money to any specific use.
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