Ohio Legalization

TheHermit said:

If I knew any med patients in need I would give them all the free weed they want. I doubt responsible ohio would do that. Wouldn't a cancer patient benefit more by being able to grow their own. After the hospitals are finished fleecing them for every dime to their name, I doubt they could afford $25 a gram weed. When have monopolies ever been a good thing? Opinions on marijuana are changing by the day in a good way. We shouldn't jump at whatever garbage they feel like throwing us. Patience is a virtue.

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Midflappdaman said:

Responsible Ohio revised the Amendment to Include homegrow. "It is lawful for persons 21 years of age or older to grow, cultivate, use, possess and share with another person 21 years of age or older homegrown marijuana in an amount not to exceed four flowering marijuana plants and eight ounces of useable homegrown marijuana at a given time; provided, however, that such person must first obtain a non-transferable license pursuant to Commission-promulgated rules and regulations, which include, at a minimum, registration requirements and rules ensuring that homegrown marijuana is not grown or consumed within public view and that home-growing takes place on an enclosed, locked space inaccessible to persons under the age of 21."

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Julius Caesar said:

Reasonable Ohio = Monopoly of 10 commercial growers with NO personal home growing exemption. All marijuana in Ohio must be purchased by distributors from these 10 growers.

Reasonable Ohioans for Cannabis (ROC) = Personal home growing, commercial growing with fees, standard sales tax, amnesty for certain marijuana convictions, etc.

Both of these groups are supporting recreational marijuana. A third group, ORG, is supporting medical only. I am trying to point as many people as possible to the better group IMO, and doing my best to explain the difference between the two. Responsible Ohio has absolutely no shame in trying to steal the name of Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis.

Please, everyone in Ohio support Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis and get those signatures! - http://responsibleohioans.org/

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Midflappdaman said:

Here is what is going on in Ohio.

There is a group calling itself Responsible Ohio. http://responsibleohio.com

They are slowly releasing information a little bit at a time. This group is backed by some very powerful business people. Some names have been released but not all the players.

Here are some of the highlights of their amendment:

There will only be 10 grow locations. No doubt owned by the backers of the initiative

There will only be 5 testing facilities. No doubt owned by the backers of the initiative

Entrepreneurs, age 21 will be able to apply for license to operate a retail store, non profit medical marijuana retail store or manufacturing of cannabis products such as edibles etc....

There is no home grow in this initiative.

15% flat tax. Producer to retailer 15%, retailer to consumer 15%. Result for consumer 30% + tax

This group has the financial backing to pay for signature gatherers, media campaign, lobby, etc...

Our grass roots groups in Ohio don't have the resources that Responsible Ohio does. The grass roots amendments are alot better then Responsible Ohio, promoting a "Free Market" business model and not the monopolistic model proposed by Responsible Ohio.

Here are the grassroots sites: http://www.ohiorightsgroup.org/ http://responsibleohioans.org/ http://www.legalizeohio2016.org/

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timbo123 said:

I respectfully disagree with mike4c4. There are other groups that are proposing far
We are talking about a change to the Ohio constitution. We need to do it right the first time.
Also note that after Responsible Ohio's proposed amendment became public knowledge recently thru Ohio news media, the public response was so overwhelmingly along the lines of "I am FOR legalization but not for this ish,,," and "I will not vote for any amendment that doesn't permit growing",,, changed their wording to allow up to 4 plants to be grown at home.
Note that was only after conceding that they would not even get the vote of the majority of marijuana proponents.

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Midflappdaman said:

Responsible Ohio revised the Amendment to Include homegrow. "It is lawful for persons 21 years of age or older to grow, cultivate, use, possess and share with another person 21 years of age or older homegrown marijuana in an amount not to exceed four flowering marijuana plants and eight ounces of useable homegrown marijuana at a given time; provided, however, that such person must first obtain a non-transferable license pursuant to Commission-promulgated rules and regulations, which include, at a minimum, registration requirements and rules ensuring that homegrown marijuana is not grown or consumed within public view and that home-growing takes place on an enclosed, locked space inaccessible to persons under the age of 21."

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