Ohio Says "NO" to Pot

[Perianne]

Ohio is different than Colorado.


Ohio voters rejected a ballot proposal Tuesday that would have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana in a single stroke — a vote-getting strategy that was being watched as a potential test case for the nation.
Failure of the proposed state constitutional amendment followed an expensive campaign, a legal fight over its ballot wording, an investigation into petition signatures — and, predominantly, a counter campaign against a network of 10 exclusive growing sites it would have created. It was the only marijuana legalization question on the 2015 statewide ballots.
About 65 percent of voters opposed the measure, compared to 35 percent in favor.




http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151104/us--ohio_election-marijuana-eae79adfaf.html

[jimnyc]

I definitely see no issue with medical marijuana, it's been proven time and time again now to help folks with various illnesses and diseases.

[Christie Brinkley]

Criminalizing drugs has failed and only encourages crime.

[fj1200]

Yay Federalism.

[DragonStryk72]

With more than 3 decades of the War on Drugs behind us, its.going to be hard convincing the more than a generation of folks that the premise is wrong-headed, and increases crime as well as recidivism. It'll take time, but eventually, it'll happen.

[Christie Brinkley]

With more than 3 decades of the War on Drugs behind us, its.going to be hard convincing the more than a generation of folks that the premise is wrong-headed, and increases crime as well as recidivism. It'll take time, but eventually, it'll happen.
They stopped prohibition, about time they stopped the criminalizing of drugs and make it legal and make sure it is taxed/regulated

[Perianne]

They stopped prohibition, about time they stopped the criminalizing of drugs and make it legal and make sure it is taxed/regulated

And who pays for their drug-related medical care?

[Christie Brinkley]

And who pays for their drug-related medical care?
Who pays for alcohol addiction/rehabilitation? In fact who pays for treatment for diabetes and obesity?

[LongTermGuy]

~ "At a time when too many families are being torn apart by "drug abuse", Ohioans said no "to easy access" to drugs and instead chose a path that helps strengthen our families and communities," he said in a statement." ~

[DragonStryk72]

~ "At a time when too many families are being torn apart by "drug abuse", Ohioans said no "to easy access" to drugs and instead chose a path that helps strengthen our families and communities," he said in a statement." ~ Having grown up with an alcoholic father, and a mother who did drugs back in the day... that's not actually true. I've watched AA for decades, and trust me, there is no junkie or addict out there that is, in any way, stopped from getting high by difficulty of access. If you got rid of every possible way of intaking drugs, stoners will become engineers. The only cure for addiction is to examine the root causes of that addiction. For my father, it was being gay, and spending more than two decades trying to force himself to be straight. He saw himself as something abhorrent and monstrous, and alcohol became an "acceptable" escape. Why not drugs? it's mired to his want to "fit", to be deemed acceptable by all around him. Drinking was essentially okay, but he never would've wanted to get tagged as a stoner or pothead. For my mom, she was constantly chasing the next great adventure, having grown up with no real roots (Her father was a truck-driver, and the family moved around constantly), and a dad with schizophrenia. Putting them on a high shelf will not stop anyone, they will simply find another addiction, because it is the person, and not the drugs, that have the issues. Much as guns are the tools, so too are drugs.

[gabosaurus]

And who pays for their drug-related medical care?

Who pays for alcohol and tobacco related medical care?
Marijuana is not a drug on par with heroin and cocaine.
If you legalize pot, it will create a massive amount of new revenue and seriously cripple drug trafficking.

[Gunny]

Who pays for alcohol and tobacco related medical care?
Marijuana is not a drug on par with heroin and cocaine.
If you legalize pot, it will create a massive amount of new revenue and seriously cripple drug trafficking.

We actually agree on something, but you left out the part where the alcohol industry has a vested interest in keeping pot illegal. Ironic from an industry that was once outlawed based on morality. Pot was outlawed based on morality as well. The propaganda against pot was as bad as using slavery as an excuse to take other people's money and tell them how to live.

So, Gabby, make your mind which side you're on. It ain't a one-way street. You can't stand for freedom and put a price tag on it.