Ohio voters have approved a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana. Republican legislative leaders are expected to weigh revisiting aspects of the proposal that passed Tuesday.
  • Deceptichum@kbin.social
    81·
    1 year ago

    Is that what your voting machines look like? That’s fucking terrifying, like some dystopian body harvesting machine.

  • Ascrod
    4·
    1 year ago

    Even if it becomes federally legal, so many workplaces are going to drag their feet on updating or dropping their drug screening policies. And IIRC we don’t have a reliable test yet for determining if someone toked up an hour ago or a month ago.

    My democratic government says yes, but my autocratic board of directors says no.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
    3·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A 10% tax will be imposed on purchases, to be spent on administrative costs, addiction treatment, municipalities with dispensaries and social equity and jobs programs supporting the industry itself.

    Republican Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman said lawmakers may also reconsider “questionable language” regarding limits on THC, the compound that gives marijuana its high.

    GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose first submitted petitions to the Ohio General Assembly on behalf of the coalition in January 2022, triggering a four-month countdown for lawmakers to act.

    LeafLink, a large wholesale cannabis marketplace, commended Ohio residents on approving Issue 2 and urged lawmakers to promptly enact the law as passed.

    “This vote presents a tremendous opportunity for the state where legal adult-use sales are projected to exceed $1 billion annually,” Policy Director Rodney Holcombe said in a statement.

    We have witnessed firsthand the positive impact of legalized cannabis, including job creation, tax revenue for vital government services and unique business opportunities for entrepreneurs.”

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    • evidences@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      Pretty sure this isn’t true but if enough states do something it puts pressure on the federal government to accept it and change laws.

    • Nommer@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure about that but we are almost halfway there with the states. It’s clear where this direction is headed and the federal government is just dragging its feet to drag its feet.

      • w2tpmf@lemmy.world
        42·
        1 year ago

        They have to hold onto it longer so they can drag out the promise of legalization to win votes during elections.

        Biden promised it during his campaign. I’m sure when he said he’d make it happen he meant in his SECOND term.

        • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
          11·
          1 year ago

          He stated a now ongoing process to reschedule it. It’s been reviewed and recommended to be rescheduled.
          He’s not a king, he can’t arbitrarily change or repeal laws without involving the rest of the bureaucracy. What exactly do you think he can do unilaterally? And before you say “Executive order”, That’s not how it works

          • w2tpmf@lemmy.world
            22·
            1 year ago

            MJ being on the schedule 1 list is not a law.

            The Controlled Substance Act, the relevant law, does not specifically name it.

            It specifies substances with no medical use go on the Schedule 1 list.

            The Attorney General under Nixon ordered it to be placed there with no factual relation to it meeting the criteria.

            The President absolutely could sign an order for the AG to retract that order on the basis of it not being a legal order to begin with.