Ahhh. it's an intoxicating combine… cash, politics and marijuana!
The Tallahassee Democrat studies
Within the phrases of Governor Ron DeSantis, the marketing campaign for Florida's leisure marijuana poll measure is being led by “an organization from Canada.”
“How ridiculous is that this, that we're leaving our Structure primarily rent-seeking for a Canadian marijuana firm?” DeSantis mentioned throughout a breakfast speech final month on the Republican Nationwide Conference. “I imply, give me a break.”
However the firm he's speaking about is Trulieve, the most important operator of medical marijuana in Florida, and its high officers dispute that description.
“The actual fact of the matter is that Trulieve was born in Florida, our merchandise are grown in Florida and we’re headquartered in Florida with the vast majority of our almost 4,000 staff additionally residing right here,” mentioned the CEO Kim Rivers in a press release.
She continued: “I'm a Florida native, born and raised right here, and that is my dwelling. And, would possibly I add, Florida regulation requires that we and all MMTCs (medical marijuana remedy facilities) be based mostly in Florida, so any assertion on the contrary is totally false.”
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https://eu.tallahassee.com/story/information/politics/elections/2024/08/14/desantis-calls-trulieve-canadian-amid-recreational-marijuana-fight/74727137007/
