John Morgan, an Orlando attorney, has been pretty vocal about how he feels about marijuana.
He bankrolled the effort to broadly legalize medicinal marijuana in the state two years ago and wants to do the same to get recreational marijuana on the ballot in 2020.
Morgan says he is already speaking with marijuana companies in the U.S. in order to raise enough money to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. He also said that he would personally contribute any needed funds.
“At this particular time in America, people are tired of arguing about marijuana. Just legalize it and let it be,” Morgan said in an interview with The USA Today Network – Florida.
“It’s a 21st-century business as we are losing jobs to robots and artificial intelligence,” he added.
At the end of June, Morgan had tweeted, “I’m going to look at starting a fund where we all can donate to get full marijuana legalization on the ballot in 2020.
When you mess with the will of the people there are unintended consequences!!
The cannabis industry is well funded now. Money won’t be a problem.
#ForThePeople”
Morgan has been in a continued war with Gov. Rick Scott’s administration over state rules prohibiting medical marijuana users from smoking cannabis.
“I think it can be Florida’s way of telling Rick Scott, ‘You’re dead wrong. You have thwarted our will and you’ve taken our money to fight what we want, what we voted for with nearly 72 percent of the vote. It’s so perverted that it’s hard to believe it’s happening. He will lose the United States Senate race over this issue,” said Morgan.
