Farms: Legal marijuana? Backers claim they have enough signatures
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CINCINNATI (Jeff Hirsh) -- The group trying to get marijuana legalized in Ohio said they will have more than enough petition signatures to get the issue on the November ballot. Responsible Ohio expects to file 700,000 signatures by the July 1 deadline. They only need about 305,000 valid names. The constitutional amendment would allow 10 state-licensed marijuana growing farms/wholesalers. Those farms would be owned by wealthy supporters of the marijuana amendment. The state legislature is considering a competing amendment, which would block such private monopolies. That measure has passed the Ohio House and is now before the Senate. The legislature can put the amendment before the voters without petition signatures. Its possible both measures will be on the November ballot. Secretary of State John Husted said if both amendments get more than 50 percent of the vote, the anti-monopoly measure takes effect, even if marijuana legalization has a higher vote total. Supporters of Responsible Ohio disagree with that interpretation. The marijuana measure would also permit home cultivation of up to four marijuana plants, though that pot could not be sold. Follow Jeff Hirsh on Twitter @local12jeff, and LIKE him on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates!
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I feel personally invested in this battle. Personally i have beat my body apart working on a farm, in a machine shop, and on the road setting up auction sales. I lost my back at a very early age and was told i could be in a wheel chair by 35. It still goes out from time to time along with my left shoulder that separates easily. I feel like i loose a little humanity every time it happens. I have become a walking bolder with the feeling of a heavy chain on one side. Marijuana has been a life saver for me.. I started to develop rage at an early age too because it took years to convince anyone i should see a chiropractor not to mention the constant verbal abuse i took regarding myself and my family. I was threatened a lot and i am a very merciful person. So to say the least when they finally made me mean it was like a nasty storm inside me that could flare up at any moment. The wrath is disgusting to me and i distance myself for it. As i started smoking all of that was no longer an issue. My muscles eased and my bones fell back into place. My back was able to crack for the first time just sitting in a chair. Wrath was the furthest thing from my mind as music and art became my life. The changes i felt where life saving. I no longer felt as if the weight was dragging me into the ground. However, regardless of my personal experience. My family along with their massive web of friends have more than nearly ruined my life. They all stopped talking to me along with all of their friends. Being that my old man virtually built this town. That meant virtually everyone stopped talking to me. Don't forget that he is an auctioneer so that includes several counties worth of coffee shop gossip.. I could go on for ever but long story short after several years of this I have lost every friend i ever had. My reputation got so bad from all the rumors that i now have no friends and virtually no chance of making any. Mostly because one of them started telling people i ate my dog. I now have rage so bad that i can't stand to look at another human being because i don't believe in good people anymore. I grew up learning from the hardest people i have ever met and i thought it was making me stronger and a better person. Now i know..