DONE. CHANNING. >> WELL, THERE'S A NEW PUSH TO GO GREEN IN FLORIDA. IT'S POPPING UP IN YOUR MAILBOX IS DESIGNED TO MAKE ITS WAY ONTO OUR BALLOTS PASSED MEASURE NEVER GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO NOVEMBER. BUT TONIGHT, ABC SEVEN'S BLAINE, MONTGOMERY IS SHOWING US HOW A NEW MAILER MAY CHANGE THE FUTURE OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. >> YOU MIGHT'VE GOTTEN THESE PETITIONS IN YOUR MAILBOX. MARTIN SAY FLORIDA'S MILLION THESE PETITIONS TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FOR FLORIDA ADULTS. IT'S THE LATEST PUSH TO GET LEGAL LEAD BACK ON THE FLORIDA BALLOT. I THING SO MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST ON BOARD ALREADY. >> LIKE THE PETITIONS. THAT'S WHY I WAS SURPRISED TO THE ENGINE GO THROUGH. SO 55.9% OF VOTERS SAID YES TO RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DURING THE 2024 ELECTION, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A MAJORITY, IT WAS JUST SHY OF THE 60% NEEDED TO PASS. THAT'S WHY LISTEN TO A CAR. YELLOW THINKS GROWING SUPPORT WILL HELP IT PASS IN 2026. OF OLDER PEOPLE TOO. THAT LIKE FEEL THAT IT'S IT SHOULD BE RECREATIONAL LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF AGES COMING HERE. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T AGREE WITH STIGMAS AND STEREOTYPES AROUND MARIJUANA USE. HONESTLY, I THINK THC WAS PUSHED SUCH A DANGEROUS THING BACK THAT PEOPLE WHO GREW UP WITH THAT CONCEPT CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT IT WAS PUT OUT TO BE LIKE 2020 YEARS AGO, 30 YEARS AGO, SAY THE SENDING THESE PETITIONS OUT ASKING FOR YOUR SIGNATURE IF YOU SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE SMELL. I DON'T SMOKE SMELL TO BEGIN WITH A TERRIBLE THING TO GET TO STOP SOME PEOPLE. I SPOKE TO TELL ME THEY UNDERSTAND MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE, BUT DON'T THINK IT TO BE USED. OTHERWISE SOME MEDICAL ISSUES LIKE HERE. I DON'T KNOW. >> IT'S GOOD FOR ALL TIMERS OR IT'S GOOD FOR OTHER DISEASES. YES, AND FOR THAT AND THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. NOT FOR JUST THE NORMAL EVERYDAY. I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO SOME UNSAFE TO ASKED HOW THEY WILL MAKE SURE SIGNATURES ARE LEGIT. AND IF THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT POTENTIAL ACTION FROM THE STATE. >> TELL ME THEY'RE NOT COMMENTING AT THIS TIME. LOCAL MONTGOMERY, ABC, 7. >> THANK YOU. PLAY. LET'S GET YOU MORE NOW. WE ASKED TO GULF COAST MARIJUANA COMPANIES WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE NEW VERSION OF THE AMENDMENT. BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS. >> I THINK PEOPLE. FORGET ABOUT THE INDUSTRY. IT'S JUST HOW MANY JOBS IT CREATES A REPLACEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FOR THE DOWNFALL, CITRUS AND THE DOWNFALL OF OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. >> SO YOU JUST HEARD FROM COLE PEACOCK, CO-FOUNDER OF CALOOSAHATCHEE CANNABIS COMPANY AND SEED AND BEAN MARKET. HE SAYS RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WOULD HELP FLORIDA'S ECONOMY. MEANWHILE, NICK GIRL, A FOUNDER OF CEO FLORIDA GREEN EXCUSE ME IS CONCERNED THE NEW VERSION COULD LEAD TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY. >> DISPENSARIES WITH AUTOMATIC VERY RECREATION SPENT RECENT NIGHT THAT PATIENTS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST IT'S A LITTLE DISHEARTENING IN A KIND OF TRANCE AND THAT ACTUALLY DO. >> ONE THING IS CLEAR, THIS WILL BE A HOT BUTTON ISSUE AS THE DEBATE OVER RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN FLORIDA CONTINUES. >> LET'S GO FURTHER. MARIJUANA IS THE MOST WIDELY AVAILABLE DRUG HERE IN FLORIDA, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. IN FACT, MARIJUANA WAS SEIZED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ANY OTHER ILLICIT DRUG HERE IN FLORIDA EACH YEAR FROM 1997 THROUGH 2001 BACK IN 2023, THERE WERE OVER 3,000 ARRESTS IN OUR STATE. ACCORDING TO DATA GIVEN TO THE FBI.