Florida's latest and fifth attempt to legalize recreational marijuana via a ballot initiative this coming November is drawing unprecedented financial support, making it the most-funded measure of its kind in history.

Smart & Safe Florida, the committee leading the initiative, broke new fundraising records, according to June 10 campaign filings, reported by Open Secret, which noted that the campaign has raised more than any other marijuana-related ballot measure committee in a single election cycle ever and is the most-funded measure of 2024.

Smart and Safe has raised over $40 million, surpassing the previous record set by California's 2016 Proposition 64.

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