Despite receiving a majority of "yes" votes, Florida's Amendment 3 failed to pass. Here's why, how state now compares to the rest of the country.

Following the most expensive ballot measure battle in the nation, Amendment 3 fell short. With nearly all of the vote tallied, the amendment sits at 55.9% approval, more than 4% shy of what was needed for passage, according to Associated Press data.

Amendment 3 was not backed by at least 60% of Florida voters, meaning that recreational marijuana use will remain illegal in the state.

Florida voters didn't go for recreational marijuana, but people who qualify for medical marijuana can still get it. Here's how.

Florida voters Tuesday rejected an amendment to the State Constitution that would have allowed adults 21 and older to use and possess marijuana for non-medical purposes, according to NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ.

The Sunshine State's long-awaited attempt to legalize personal-use cannabis falls short, but it's not all bad news.

The failure of Amendment 3, the effort to legalize recreational marijuana, raises questions about the future of the medical-marijuana industry in a state with more cannabis patients than any other

So far the general consensus on social media regarding Florida's failure to legalize marijuana seems to be "Wait, what?"

In Florida, constitutional amendments need at least 60% of the vote to be adopted. Amendment 3, which would have allowed people 21 and older to use marijuana without any medical reason, got about 56% of the vote.

Florida voters approved a medical marijuana ballot measure in 2016. This year supporters of the policy funneled more than $100 million campaigning for the issue, the most spent on a ballot question in U.S. history. The vast majority of that money came from Trulieve, the state’s largest medical marijuana operator.

The movement to legalize recreational marijuana has run into a wall of resistance, failing in all three states where it was on the ballot this year and leading proponents to weigh a tactical shift focused more on state legislatures and the federal government.