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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: fwdude

Yep. We’re about to face some kind of judgement or the final one.


41 posted on 11/08/2023 4:47:15 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: 1of10

That’s in part my point. Unlike you or I who can blow eternity, these souls have a good place.


42 posted on 11/08/2023 5:19:40 AM 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: Morgana
How people equate ripping a baby from its mother's womb with consuming a plant that was given to us by God is beyond me.

One is murder, the other isn't.

I'll let you get back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Reefer_Madness_(1936)

43 posted on 11/08/2023 8:35:04 AM PST by Augie
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(We’re about to face some kind of judgement or the final one.)

We sure do live in interesting times.

✝️🙏🛐 - Luke 21:34-36




44 posted on 11/08/2023 9:43:54 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
Being from Ohio, I see the voting, held, as usual. In large lefty run cities- Toledo/Cleveland/Columbus/Cincy/Dayton, they voted for both issues, in large numbers. Besides being lefty, they also, have large black populations. Since blacks, seem to have a propensity to have babies out of wedlock, and, smoking pot, it is not a surprise, they would vote for both.
45 posted on 11/08/2023 9:50:10 AM PST by Ez2BRepub (don't know)
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To: GranTorino
"Good. You stink to."

You stink at spelling. You forgot the other "o" in too.

46 posted on 11/08/2023 10:23:38 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: acapesket
Expect the State to go down the Sh**ter in a year

It's been there since the 1960's.
47 posted on 11/08/2023 10:41:55 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: Morgana

Not really a big deal. It’s not like weed was hard to get in Ohio before the vote.


48 posted on 11/08/2023 10:51:13 AM PST by PATed
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To: PATed

Whenever I go to downtown Dallas, I smell weed everywhere.


49 posted on 11/08/2023 10:52:22 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: joesbucks

“who can blow eternity”

hmmm .... I don’t know about you ... but I have passed from death unto life.
If you haven’t ...you can.

John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life.


50 posted on 11/08/2023 2:47:48 PM PST by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: dfwgator

Weed IS everywhere. They’re smoking now in the workplace, smoking it many times daily. I work in psychiatry and half of my patients look high when they walk into the office. I don’t really even know who I’m talking to as most of them are stoned. Of course, the complaints are always “lack of focus and motivation.” GEEZ, I wonder why!!


51 posted on 11/08/2023 7:39:23 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: mass55th

Never said I didn’t.
Is that your comeback?
Nice.


52 posted on 11/09/2023 1:59:42 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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