I know why most of you say you don’t like Issue 3.
“It’s a monopoly. I mean it will say that on the ballot. So it must be one.”
It is not a monopoly.
In 2009 you voted to allow only four casinos in Ohio.
By definition you were in support of a much greater monopoly then.
But for some reason now having 10 growers, and the ability for individuals grow their own pot and to have over a 1000 dispensaries is a greater affront to your capitalistic sensibilities.
No. You don’t smoke pot. Your friends don’t smoke pot. You are uncomfortable with pot.
So you rationalize voting no on issue 3 because it is a “monopoly.”
Last week a very prominent artist visited me.
He talked to me about the cancer that continually comes back and fills up his abdomen with pain. Marijuana reduces his nausea, reduces his pain and makes him want to eat.
I personally know several people that rely on pot to help them with their pain and suffering.
And then there’s the minorities.
Africa Americans and Hispanics are an easy target for law enforcement.
The war on pot smokers has become absurd and grotesque.
You might say, “Well let’s wait till next year when we get a better bill.”
I believe there won’t be another pot bill in Ohio for at least 10 years.
The Republicans that run Ohio don’t want this. They will claim that voting down Issue 3 was a mandate by the people that Ohio doesn’t want that evil drug in our good state.
Remember, we voted to not allow gay marriage. Ohio is leaning very conservative right now.
This bill is fine.
But most importantly, voting Yes on Issue 3 is supporting our sick, our poor and our weak.
Please vote YES on Issue 3.
And vote no on Issue 2. That was just a sneaky tool put on the ballot by the Republicas to negate issue 3 in case you voted for it.
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2 responses to “One Last Marijuana Plea – Yes on Issue 3”
Pot may be beneficial to some who are suffering pain, but it ruins lives of young people and is the first step to worse drugs. The poor don’t need pot they need help to help themselves out of the depression of drugs. We in Colorado who are experiencing the legalization of pot are seeing more homeless people come into this state and crime is going up by them to support their habit. As far as I can see it is making things worse, not better.
Pot ruins the lives of some young people because of how we treat marijuana! The fact that pot is illegal (at the moment) makes it that much more intriguing to young people. If nicotine or alcohol were illegal, they would then be considered “gateway drugs”, and as right they should be – you can kill yourself during one alcohol binge or by mixing it with the wrong medication. This is not true of Marijuana. Have you polled the homeless to see why they are there? Are you making the assumption that homelessness is increasing as a result of marijuana legalization because you see them outside LiveWell, where customers MUST pay in CASH? I doubt the homeless have the cash lying around to just by pot and remain homeless…