Florida-based Trulieve hits back over ‘Canadian marijuana company’ claim

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is the biggest marijuana company in Florida – and, to be clear, it is absolutely a Florida business.

That’s what Kim Rivers, CEO of the multistate operator, said in response to Gov. Ron DeSantis inaccurately labeling Trulieve as “some Canadian marijuana company.”

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DeSantis used his floor time during the Republican National Convention in July to rail against Florida’s adult-use marijuana ballot initiative, Amendment 3, which is heavily funded by Trulieve.

The governor is raising money to defeat the constitutional amendment.

‘One company, from Canada’

Adult-use legalization “is being driven by one company, from Canada,” DeSantis said.

“And they came into Florida from medical … and now they’re spending tens of millions of dollars to do that.”

DeSantis pointed to a

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