Just two months after an effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida failed, a new push has begun. Smart & Safe Florida has gone back to the drawing board and put forth a renewed effort to legalize recreational cannabis in 2026.

The pending petition, in part, questioned state health officials’ position that locating a dispensary adjacent to a convenience store would increase risks of crime.

Just months after a Florida marijuana legalization initiative failed at the ballot, the campaign behind the proposal has filed a revised version in hopes of getting a second shot in 2026. Smart & Safe Florida’s 2024 measure did receive a majority of the vote in November,

Florida cannabis activists have filed a proposed ballot measure to legalize recreational weed, only two months after a similar initiative failed at the polls in November.

Nothing in Florida law restricts medical-marijuana companies from opening dispensaries near gas stations, the lawyers argued. “These unadopted rules restrict the growth of these businesses ...

Amendment 3 fell just shy of the 60% support required to pass. Smart and Safe Florida filed a revamped proposal Tuesday, with some new changes from the hotly contested 2024 version.

A political committee bankrolled by the state’s largest medical-marijuana company has launched a new effort to allow recreational pot in Florida

The biggest marijuana dispensary in Florida, Trulieve, along with the Smart & Safe Florida committee, are already preparing for the 2026 midterm election and the future of recreational pot in the Sunshine State.

The campaign behind last fall’s failed adult-use marijuana legalization push in Florida is gearing up to try again in 2026.