Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) still does not support a ballot measure to legalize marijuana in the measure’s second time on the ballot in two years.

At the moment, marijuana use other than for medical reasons is banned. An effort to legalize the hallucinogen for adults was on the 2024 ballot but fell four percentage points short of the 60% threshold needed to pass. This time, smoking marijuana in public places would be prohibited per the amendment slated for the 2026 ballot.

“There’s a lot of different perspectives on marijuana. It should not be in our constitution,” DeSantis told reporters on Monday. “If you feel strongly about it, you have elections for the Legislature. Go back candidates that you believe will be able to deliver what your vision is on that.”

A single marijuana company, Trulieve, has contributed $100 million to the ballot initiative. DeSantis previously said that the company is “setting up a cartel in the Constitution of Florida” that wouldn’t allow for the legalization of homegrown marijuana.

“Do you think they’re going to be in favor of you growing your own or against? Of course, they’re going to lobby against, and they have a lot of money to be able to try to influence the legislature as a result of that,” DeSantis said of Trulieve.

The campaign, Smart & Safe Florida, has gone dark online since the November election.

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According to the governor, the amendment will have “big-time trouble getting through the Florida Supreme Court” as it is currently written. DeSantis did not go into detail as to why.

Florida is one of 15 states that legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes but has yet to decriminalize recreational use. Marijuana is legal in 32 states.