A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis is speaking against the citizen initiative that could legalize and expand recreational marijuana in a state with a long established medical program.
And in doing so, he is considering a matter he’s mulled before: How much cannabis can fit into a joint? And how many joints could be permitted if someone possesses 3 ounces of pot at a time? That amount will be permitted if voters approve the constitutional amendment in November.
“Some law enforcement have told me (regarding) 3 ounces (of cannabis) how many joints that is. Some say 40, some say 80,” the Governor told the Florida Sheriffs’ Association.
DeSantis has floated this concept before, and it seems law enforcement has an internal dispute as to whether a joint should hold 1 gram of cannabis, which is roughly what 80 joints from 3 ounces would suggest. If 3 ounces were made into 40 joints, that would create joints that are roughly 2 grams each.
DeSantis has issued similar warnings about potential pot legalization, but the number of joints he referenced has increased over time.
“I think you’re going to see people, you will be able to bring 20 joints to an elementary school. Is that really going to be good for the state of Florida? I don’t think so,” he said in June.
“It gives you a limitless constitutional right to possess and smoke. I think it’s up to like, what, 40 joints, is that the 3 ounces would be 40? More than that, 80 joints. Something like that,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said, urging the Republican Party of Florida to fight the ballot initiative during a breakfast meeting at Milwaukee’s Republican National Convention.
During his comments Tuesday in Orlando, the Governor also suggested again that some users of the state’s medical marijuana program abuse the process for maladies that shouldn’t qualify.
“I know not everyone is really in dire need medically. I mean, some people are in dire straits. Other people, you know, have like a back spasm and they go in and get a card or something like that,” DeSantis said.
32 comments
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Cheesy Floridian
July 23, 2024 at 1:54 pm
Clearly the man has never smoked the devils lettuce and he really needs too. His reasons for not wanting this passed are pretty sad and if anyone is paying attention would realize that he is lying. Shocker DeSantis is telling lies.
JoethePlumber
July 26, 2024 at 6:49 am
It’s not about DeSantis and if he wants to indulge. He’s doing the work for the powerful FL alcohol industry. This is about the alcohol industry cutting him a check to keep rec weed out as a viable alternative to alcohol sales. Don’t believe his yammering about freedom. The only freedom this man wants is the freedom for the government to tell you how to live your life.
Malka K Jackson
July 23, 2024 at 1:55 pm
What does it matter how many joints are made from three ounces? That’s like buying a pound of roast beef at the deli and arguing with the deli owner about how many sandwiches your allowed to make with it.
The comment about schools is a dog whistle because current Marijuana laws say use is prohibited except in private residence or on private property. How would a school fall into that category?
Kitt
July 24, 2024 at 5:54 pm
Well, I mean, if Republicans have their way, all schools will be privatized, so maybe ol Ronnie D thinks that means smoking weed will be legal there?
Jack
July 23, 2024 at 2:18 pm
it’s true there are a lot of medical cannabis patients abusing the system. young kids going on reddit asking how to become a patient for anxiety, depression, etc, stating they have no previous doctors records. everyone’s response, “just show up with money and you’ll get the card.” these same kids then sit in the parking lot consuming, “medicine”, after which the drive impaired. we don’t need recreational in Florida, the tourist already behave badly.
Mark miller
July 23, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Dumbsantis has proven time and time again the he knows absolutely nothing. Failed presidential candidate and let trump insult him and then he kisses the hand.
Mark miller
July 23, 2024 at 3:01 pm
Hey mr off you need something to smoke.
Cheesy Floridian
July 23, 2024 at 3:53 pm
Come on Jack, recreational in Florida will make the state more money and we will have the freedom to buy it without needing a medical card.
Malka
July 23, 2024 at 4:19 pm
Site sources please
Steve s
July 23, 2024 at 4:21 pm
People go to the bar every night, they drink until they can barely walk, then they drive home drunk.
More people drink than smoke marijuana.
So by your logic we should make alcohol illegal.
Thom Thumb
July 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm
So you base your reasoning off what “kids on Reddit” are asking and trolls that reply?
Bwaahahhahhahha!
Nope
July 23, 2024 at 6:49 pm
I completely agree with you. I see it all the time. I’m tired of seeing people with their kids in the car at gas stations and the car wash and these kids are getting gassed out. Parks full of cars parked there to get loaded and then driving off in a residential neighborhood. Our car got totalled parked outside our house by a lady who was stoned off her gourd and she didn’t even get tested or a ticket even though you could see her stumbling and she stunk of it. And yes anyone can get a card. Weed is already fully legal. Nobody is talking about how this affects driving safety, insurance, our kids, etc. I think it’s really dishonest not to have the same conversation as we would have over alcohol, other drugs, smoking, even prescription drug abuse, but somehow weed is off limits. As if people are incapable of discussing it rationally and have to make it all or nothing. We need to grow up. And I’ve made the same argument time and again people who think the state is gonna tax this stuff and put the money to good use obviously haven’t lived in Florida very long. Florida will always find a way to line corporations’ pockets and make taxpayers foot the bill. There will be no “revenues” or trickle down or public good, it will not be put to good use, you’ll just be paying more for everything. Because Florida.
Earl's Long Suffering But Heavily Medicated Wife
July 23, 2024 at 7:21 pm
Prohibitionists started this dishonest conversation and still haven’t come clean. Sorry it’s not going your way anymore.
Tim A Basham
July 24, 2024 at 4:00 pm
I know I never drove 85 mph in a 35 zone while high on pot.
John
July 23, 2024 at 10:13 pm
You think weed is worse than alcohol or even texting and driving. Driving with a bit of THC in your system makes you more paranoid of your surroundings, unlike alcohol which makes you reckless. Even texting while driving needs to be seriously watched.
Mark
July 23, 2024 at 3:06 pm
It’s illegal to bring cannabis to school, regardless of it’s recreationally legal. What a moronic statement to make, as if the legally allowed amount to carry would correlate to how much a kid would sneak into a school
Troy Purvis
July 23, 2024 at 3:33 pm
Nothing says freedom like someone telling you what to do, right Republicans?
Cheesy Floridian
July 23, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Gotta love it! No freedom to choose, no freedom over what colored lights get to be lit up on bridges over the summer. “free” florida
L Sullivan
July 23, 2024 at 9:14 pm
Welcome to Florida. The Free state until you want to do something that the governor doesn’t approve of. F you DeSantis.
Steve s
July 23, 2024 at 4:19 pm
This man claims the entire city will smell like weed if we legalize it.
We’ve legalized tobacco and cigarettes and the whole city doesn’t smell like cigarette smoke.
But trying to explain logic to a conservative is a waste of time.
Don
July 23, 2024 at 4:40 pm
Ronald proving once again that he’s a clown.
James G
July 23, 2024 at 4:45 pm
Ron should try it once it’s legal. It may help give him a more natural smile.
Earl's Long Suffering But Heavily Medicated Wife
July 23, 2024 at 7:26 pm
He will. In secret. And he won’t tell anyone. Until he finds a way to personally make money off it like Ohio’s John Boehner, former Prohibitionist/former Republican Speaker of the House, current pot company spokesshill.
Vanta Brandon
July 23, 2024 at 5:01 pm
He should partner up and work to get Kamala Harris elected. After all, most liberals weren’t a huge fan of her prosecution on drugs in CA before the national stage.
Dom
July 23, 2024 at 5:20 pm
Leave it to duhsantis to go against the majority of citizens wishes.
He doesn’t want the state to lose all that sweet medical license cash. It’s inevitable, the state wants legal marijuana.
Perhaps he should worry more about the state’s insurance problem.
James W Tipton
July 24, 2024 at 3:07 am
That’s only enough for one joint, man.
rocking n rolling
July 24, 2024 at 8:26 am
What a fool Rona is. Does Rona know how to read? In Hemp Today, edited by Ed Rosenthal, page 313 contains an analysis of how much cannabis is in a joint. It depends upon the potency of the plant being rolled and ranges from 120 to 30 according to the analysis. Hemp Today is published by Quick American Archives, 1994, ISBN 0-932551-14-9.Now you know that a little reading is better than stupid idle speculation. Of course, this is not to dismiss the good old empirical method; however current circumstances prevent me from doing that despite all of Rona’s newspeak about “the free state of Florida.”
rolling n rocking
July 24, 2024 at 8:27 am
That’s 120-30 joints per ounce
Elmo
July 25, 2024 at 12:58 pm
He is a mental case. Can’t wait till he’s out of office.
Dont Say FLA
July 26, 2024 at 12:21 pm
Poor little fella’s just desperate for attention. Don’t nobody reward them with any attention!
Tjb
July 29, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Did not someone tell DeSantis that a lot of republicans are occasional pot heads it is a nonpartisan vice.
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