Ron DeSantis questions 'pretext' behind Florida medical marijuana law
In Iowa, Ron DeSantis disparaged his home state’s more than 850,000 medical marijuana patients, suggesting at least some were just using the program as a “pretext” for recreational enjoyment.
In response to a question about Florida’s vertical integration scheme, the Florida Governor told supporters in Dubuque.
“Look there was, you know, how much of that is medicinal versus how much of it is, ‘That’s the pretext for it’? I don’t know, but it is in our constitution,” DeSantis said, noting that Florida’s program was approved by a constitutional amendment in 2016.
DeSantis also suggested he was opposed to vertical integration as a matter of principle, saying “as a general matter with programs, y...
