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If Florida voters approve the cannabis legalization initiative this November, it would “improve quality of life” for Florida residents, said Kim Rivers CEO of Trulieve TCNNF in response to dire predictions from Governor Ron DeSantis who contends legal marijuana would reduce quality of life and, besides, it’s smelly.
“The sky has not fallen,” Rivers said referring to Florida’s existing medical marijuana program “and folks see that choice is a good thing,” Rivers said in an interview on The Dales Report “Trade To Black” podcast Monday.
She pointed to data comparing marijuana to alcohol, saying that Florida voters stand to benefit from “having an alternative [to alcohol] that is absolutely, scientifically, evidence-backed” healthier.
“When you compare marijuana to alcohol…the data is very, very clear that cannabis, by all metrics—whether you’re talking about DUIs, whether you’re talking about hospital visits, whether you’re talking about deaths, when you’re talking about long-term side effects—is significantly safer and should be an alternative that is offered to Floridians,” she said in response to a question submitted by Marijuana Moment. “I would actually say that I think we can improve quality of life.”
Asked whether Floridians will pass the legalization measure. which was approved last week by the Florida Supreme Court
