ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. SC19-1536.

320 So.3d 657 (2021)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: REGULATE MARIJUANA IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL TO ESTABLISH AGE, LICENSING, AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Amit Agarwal , Solicitor General, and Jeffrey Paul DeSousa , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Edward M. Wenger and Mohammad O. Jazil of Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Interested Party, Florida House of Representatives.

Jason Gonzalez , Daniel Nordby , Benjamin Gibson , Amber Stoner Nunnally , and Rachel Procaccini of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, for Interested Parties, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Drug Free America Foundation, National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance, and Save Our Society From Drugs.

Michael C. Minardi of Minardi Law, Tampa, Florida; and William R. Wohlsifer of William R. Wohlsifer, PA, Hudson, Florida, for Interested Party, Sensible Florida, Inc.


The Attorney General of Florida has requested this Court's opinion concerning the validity of an initiative petition circulated pursuant to article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction, see art. IV, § 10, art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const., and conclude that because the ballot summary is affirmatively...

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