Ohio Senate Republicans propose banning home grown marijuana and other changes to legal marijuana
Ohio Senate Republicans propose banning home grown marijuana and other changes to legal marijuana
Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month.
Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance’s tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast changes Ohio Senate Republicans proposed Monday to a marijuana legalization measure approved by voters last month.
The changes emerged suddenly in committee just days before the new law is set to take effect, though their fate in the full Senate and the GOP-led House is still unclear.
The ballot measure, dubbed Issue 2, passed on the Nov. 7 election with 57 percent of the vote and it set to become law this Thursday, making Ohio the 24th state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. But as a citizen-initiated statute, the Legislature is free to make tweaks on it, of which they’re attempting plenty.
How freedom of them
The party of small government
I can't really abide letting companies(which is people but with money and capital) grow a plant I'm not allowed to grow. That just feels like flexing control of prices and picking who gets it.
The tax bit is a totally fair concern, and is the proper avenue of "who gets it?" I should think the taxes be directly relevant to the subject, so research funding and addiction therapy seems appropriate. I would like to see what people are doing explicitly for fun fund things that people in need should be getting. That'd be better funding for homeless programs, grocery subsidizing(broad category, no specific industry), and healthcare.
I for one would buy up lots of weed to know I'm feeling good for contributing to those things to get what I like.
Home grow is a really important check against taxes and prices that are too high.
In MA, you can legally give away up to an ounce, grow 6 plants per person and 12 per household. Prices at dispensaries are still too high in my opinion, and taxes are still to high, so I don't go to them. Plus, home growing is a fun hobby once you get it going right, doesn't take much to cover personal use for most people.
Don't underestimate how important home grow is to the overall legalization picture. Vote accordingly Ohioans and make sure to talk to plenty of media, answer polls, and notify your representative that this is an issue you will be getting out to vote for. Pay attention to elections for your representative in the state legislature.
I think these legislators need to be recalled for circumventing the will of their constituents.
Freedom is where corporations have more rights than you.
Fuck you, GOP. Go inhale superglue.
They almost let people get access to something that would bring them happiness, by doing nothing. But no, let’s be good republicans and fight to make others’ lives a bit worse instead of doing the small government thing and leave them alone.
In other words they want more money to steal it doesn't matter if it's of marijuana or another things.
The party of small government and personal responsibility ladies and gentlemen.
What is the argument they offer in favor of this? Surely they don't just openly admit that it's about taxes?