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.
Republicans claim to be pro state’s rights and pro small government. Weird how their actions always seem to be contrary to this philosophy…
After living to midlife, I conclude the more rightwing you are, the more dishonest you are.
Also: “You’ll become more conservative as you age!”
Biggest fucking lie I’ve ever heard. I’m glad I remain functionally sane to this day.
I’ve become more liberal as I age. I see, hear, and understand how fragile our personal economic situations are and cannot believe that people want to cut what little shitty safety net we have back even further. One serious illness, one bad car wreck, hell…just getting a bad bout of covid, any of that that disables you or gets you sued into oblivion (your fault wreck) and you’re done. May never recover. Plus, I can’t be bothered to want to tell people who they can and can’t be, want to be called, want to smoke pot, whatever. Just don’t hurt other people. That’s all.
That’s a really smart assessment.