LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Representatives at a medical marijuana testing facility in Lakeland said it is expecting a boost in productivity, should Amendment 3 pass.

“In the state of Florida, we’re required to test for 11 different cannabinoids,” said Jini Glaros, chief science officer at Modern Canna.

Glaros can easily rattle off every piece of equipment and process conducted at the multi-million dollar lab.

“In addition to our HPLCs, we have our LCMS triple quads here so liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry,” said Glaros.

The instruments, she said, test for agricultural agents, including pesticides, fungicides and insecticides.

Modern Canna is one of nine marijuana testing labs in Florida.

Couriers travel to medical marijuana centers and return with 3,500 samples every month to test for potency and contaminants.

Testing, with samples taken at random, is required by state law.

“I do think that [the state of Florida has] one of the most robust regulatory frameworks with regard to testing,” said George Fernandez, CEO of Modern Canna, which was founded in 2014 ahead of Florida’s medical marijuana legalization.

The facility now employs more than 60 workers in the 26,000 square foot facility.

Fernandez expects his productivity to grow if voters approve Amendment 3 in November and the same safety regulations are imposed on recreational marijuana.

“We’ve heard anywhere from a 1X, 2X, 3X increase in volume,” Fernandez said. “We’re definitely ready for it. We have the square footage and the instrumentation. We’re ready for it.”

The passage of Amendment 3 would legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use to adults 21 years of age and older from medical marijuana treatment centers and other state licensed entities.

There are currently 25 medical marijuana treatment centers in the state, with 22 more centers with applications pending, according to Steve Vancore, a spokesperson for Smart & Safe Florida.

Smart & Safe Florida advocates for the passage of Amendment 3.

“You know what you’re getting is safe,” Vancore said. “If the cartels are growing weed illegally, they’re not worried about proper EPA usage of pesticides and herbicides.”

Opponents said Amendment 3 is about corporate greed.

“They’ve created it for corporations,” said Dr. Jessica Spencer, director of advocacy for the “Vote No on 3” campaign. “They have not created this for personal freedom.”

Spencer and other opponents accuse medical marijuana companies of writing the amendment to make billions of dollars in profits from the recreational marijuana market.

“The industry has said they’re going to triple the market here in Florida,” Spencer said. “What does that do? That drives prices up. That then does what – it causes the black market to thrive as we’ve seen in every other state that has legal marijuana.”

“It doesn’t make it easier on law enforcement. It doesn’t create less work on law enforcement,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

Judd said he is voting no on Amendment 3.

He pointed out, unless purchased from a state-approved center, recreational marijuana use will still be illegal.

“We’re going to still be looking for the black market seller of marijuana, and they’re going to proliferate because they’re gonna hide underneath the legal marijuana,” Judd said.

Both sides agree it is important for voters to read the full constitutional amendment.

The full text can be found here.