DeSantis Repeats Claim Legal Pot May Contain Fentanyl

Florida Politics reports:

During an interview on The Big Show on KCPS, the Governor pointed to Colorado as an illustration of how legalized cannabis in that early adopter state didn’t destroy the illegal market for the product. Last month on the trail, he suggested that patients in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program use medical conditions as a “pretext” for getting high.

DeSantis has been all over the place rhetorically during not just this campaign but his political career when it comes to cannabis. In Iowa this summer, he said he opposed legalization because “they can throw fentanyl in” to the product. He made similar arguments during Friday’s radio hit.

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.@RonDeSantis says legalizing weed would boost black market

Reporting by @AGGancarskihttps://t.co/UfmK5pW1XR#FlaPol

— Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) January 5, 2024

High taxes on legal cannabis, like CA’s $9.25/oz plus 15% excise, or WA’s 37% sales tax, keep prices up, fueling the black market. Florida would have a black market on oranges 🍊 if we charged those taxes.

— Jeff Brandes (@JeffreyBrandes) January 5, 2024

This past weekend in Iowa, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned of fentanyl-laced weed and reiterated that he has no plans of legalizing cannabis if elected president in 2024. https://t.co/WkC1yIbu23

— High Times (@HIGH_TIMES_Mag) August 30, 2023