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Ohio Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana passes
NBC 4 ^ | November 7, 2023 | David Rees

Posted on 11/07/2023 7:21:34 PM PST by Morgana

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Voters in Ohio have approved an initiative to become the 24th state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana, the Associated Press has projected.

Issue 2 passed on Tuesday’s ballot to allow adult-use sale, purchase and possession of cannabis for Ohioans who are 21 and older. The measure, effective 30 days after the election, permits adults to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana, up to 15 grams of marijuana concentrate and grow up to six plants at home.

Those in Ohio who purchase cannabis will pay a 10% excise tax, the same rate as Michigan and Illinois, plus a 5.75% state tax, in addition to a local tax ranging from 0.25% to 2.25%. Some of the tax revenue will go toward equity and jobs programs, according to the initiative’s text. Patients within the state’s medical marijuana program will not be subject to the tax.

Ohio’s rate could generate $182 million to $218 million during the first full year of operations, according to estimates from Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center. By the fifth year, the state could collect $336 million to $403 million from an excise tax on marijuana.

Issue 2 will not automatically erase the criminal records of those previously charged with marijuana offenses. Still, the initiated statute will use 36% of tax revenue to launch a social equity and jobs program dedicated to sentencing, bail and parole reform, along with record-sealing and expungement efforts.

In addition, 3% of tax revenue will be dedicated to regulatory and administrative costs, 25% to addiction treatment and education, and another 36% to funding for communities home to marijuana dispensaries.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbc4i.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: chabadproject; issue1; issue2; marijuana; potheads; prolife; soros; sorosagenda
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To: Right Brother

Actually when Woodrow Wilson was elected.


21 posted on 11/07/2023 9:33:34 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Actually, yes. One of my favorite jokes still is: “FDR wasn’t the Democrat’s first choice, but Stalin was busy”.


22 posted on 11/07/2023 9:40:09 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: Morgana

Bread and circuses.


23 posted on 11/07/2023 10:10:15 PM PST by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: Morgana

What becomes of the souls of the aborted?


24 posted on 11/07/2023 10:15:18 PM PST by joesbucks (It's called love-bombing. Claiming he's saving the world. This is a cult. Just back away. )
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To: Dominic01

Then lets bring back alcohol prohibition.

That worked out swell.


25 posted on 11/07/2023 11:03:21 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Morgana
24 states.

I regard this as a "Soft Secession."

Conservatives need to identify popular state issues and undermine federal authority as often as possible.

26 posted on 11/08/2023 12:16:25 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: Dominic01

Correct


27 posted on 11/08/2023 12:25:58 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

You are not incorrect in your assessment


28 posted on 11/08/2023 12:26:29 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dfwgator; Mark17

[The USA died in 2008.]

That is 100% correct.

I’m VERY sorry to say.


29 posted on 11/08/2023 12:27:52 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Varsity Flight
[= Sudden calamity]

1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 English Standard Version (ESV) - The Day of the Lord

5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
3 While people are saying, “There is -—peace and security-—,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.


30 posted on 11/08/2023 12:31:34 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Morgana

You never really “legalize“ marijuana. You just regulate it more into a morass of new laws and a massive money-grabbing, ever-metastasizing bureaucracy, rife with waste, fraud and corruption. Don’t believe the distractions claiming “revenues“ benefiting certain programs. The costs far outweigh any “benefits.“


31 posted on 11/08/2023 12:50:21 AM PST by fwdude (.)
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To: dfwgator; ViLaLuz; Trumpisourlastchance; null and void; Travis McGee; Diogenesis; ...

32 posted on 11/08/2023 1:02:29 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Morgana

Looks like the Whores and Pot Heads are running Ohio. DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!!!


33 posted on 11/08/2023 2:24:32 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: joesbucks

” souls of the aborted”

heaven .. eternal life with God
I believe.


34 posted on 11/08/2023 2:58:24 AM PST by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: Morgana

Now they can smoke away any anxiety over killing babies


35 posted on 11/08/2023 4:24:06 AM PST by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Morgana

Who are you talking to?
I voted against this sh!t.


36 posted on 11/08/2023 4:26:58 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: mass55th

Good.
You stink to.


37 posted on 11/08/2023 4:28:51 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

I haven’t read article yet. What did Soros have to do with this? He is so evil, you know he knows it’s going to be bad for Ohio.
Why is Soros so evil? Maybe Chabad can work on him. They’re very pro-Torah and explicitly spiritual.


38 posted on 11/08/2023 4:34:43 AM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: Morgana

They likely didn’t vote for this.


39 posted on 11/08/2023 4:36:58 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Morgana

Those taxes never materialize. Ask Colorado.


40 posted on 11/08/2023 4:40:39 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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