{"id":1556176,"date":"2022-07-15T11:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1556176"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T15:04:21","slug":"pro-weed-florida-dems-cannabis-holdings-to-go-up-in-smoke-after-public-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-weed-florida-dems-cannabis-holdings-to-go-up-in-smoke-after-public-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Weed Florida Dem\u2019s Cannabis Holdings To Go Up In Smoke After Public Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-weed-florida-dems-cannabis-holdings-to-go-up-in-smoke-after-public-scrutiny%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1556176&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-15-at-9.00.12-AM-e1657890063200.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, who supports marijuana legalization, said Wednesday she is in the \u201cprocess of liquidating\u201d her pot company holdings after a Daily Caller News Foundation story on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Fried made the claim in an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/3m4Iu\">interview<\/a> with the Orlando Sentinel Wednesday. Fried owns roughly $183,000 in Trulieve, the second largest public cannabis company <a href=\"https:\/\/companiesmarketcap.com\/cannabis\/largest-cannabis-companies-by-market-cap\/\">by<\/a> market cap, her 2022 financial disclosure shows, and reported a <a href=\"http:\/\/public.ethics.state.fl.us\/Forms\/2020\/69154-Form6.pdf\">roughly<\/a> $130,000 stake in Harvest Health and Recreation, a pot dispensary company Trulieve now owns, on her <a href=\"http:\/\/public.ethics.state.fl.us\/Forms\/2020\/69154-Form6.pdf\">2021<\/a> disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no conflict,\u201d said Fried, according to the Orlando Sentinel. \u201cI made it very clear to the people of the state in 2018 that I came from the industry. That is what got me into my activism, my desire to not only expand the medical marijuana program, but also get to legalization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvest Health and Recreation has 14 Florida locations and Trulieve has 118, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/13\/florida-dem-governor-candidate-vowing-to-legalize-pot-dispensary-chain\/\">the DCNF reported<\/a> Wednesday. Fried got into hot water with the Florida Ethics Commission in December 2021 for not reporting her prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/f\/?id=0000017d-9bca-d3d7-a37d-9fde8a610000\">lobbying<\/a> income.<\/p>\n<p>Fried was a medical marijuana lobbyist prior to her appointment as Florida\u2019s agriculture commissioner in 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/13\/florida-dem-governor-candidate-vowing-to-legalize-pot-dispensary-chain\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Florida Dem Governor Candidate Vowing To Legalize Pot Owns Huge Stake In Dispensary Chain, Filings Show)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you elect me governor, I will legalize marijuana in Florida,\u201d Fried <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiFried\/status\/1429217904982204418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1429217904982204418%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F07%2F13%2Fflorida-dem-governor-candidate-vowing-to-legalize-pot-dispensary-chain%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs governor, I\u2019ll legalize weed,\u201d she also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikkifried\/status\/1516819922202112002?lang=en\">said<\/a> in April 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you elect me governor, I will legalize marijuana in Florida. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SomethingNew?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SomethingNew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiFried\/status\/1429217904982204418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 campaign previously told the DCNF that Fried\u2019s cannabis holdings have \u201cnothing to do with freedom or democracy, but rather it\u2019s all personal and political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fried\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fried, who became Florida&#8217;s agriculture commissioner in 2018, was a medical marijuana lobbyist prior<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1556176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}