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  • @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Can You Buy a Gun if You Have an Ohio Medical Marijuana Card?

    When you buy a gun from a Federally licensed dealer, you must fill out what’s called a Firearms Transaction Record.

    Question 21e asks the following: " Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?

    Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside."

    Lying on this form can result in hefty penalties and even jail time, so we don't advise that you do so.

    However, purchasing a firearm from a private seller and/or at gun shows does not require a background check or for the purchaser to fill out this form.

    Can You Get or Renew Your CCW if You Have a Marijuana Card in Ohio?

    Concealed Carry permits in Ohio are granted through the Sheriff's department in the county in which you reside. The form required asks if you are an unlawful user of a controlled substance, but does not include the clarification that even medical marijuana is considered federally unlawful.

    Again, this was based on a statute that was just recently ruled unconstitutional. Unless and until the Supreme Court decides otherwise, it's legal to own a gun and while in possession of marijuana. 

    @jbluhm86 said:

    Again, this was based on a statute that was just recently ruled unconstitutional. Unless and until the Supreme Court decides otherwise, it's legal to own a gun and while in possession of marijuana. 

    Not if you lie on your application.

  • I think the Supreme Court will rule in the governments favor.  

  • @jbluhm86 said:

    Again, this was based on a statute that was just recently ruled unconstitutional. Unless and until the Supreme Court decides otherwise, it's legal to own a gun and while in possession of marijuana. 

    Not if you lie on your application.

    @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

    Not if you lie on your application.

    Like Hunter Biden did?

  • @vaportrail said:

    We voted against that in 2015. The number of legal permits to sell for that vote was something ridiculous like 12, if I recall. I skimmed through the text and couldn't find any specifics on what the initial limits will be other than "up to forty additional [licenses for cultivators]" and "up to fifty additional [licenses for distributors]." That sounds like a reasonable starting point. 

    Economically, it doesn't make sense to let all this money being spent on weed go to Michigan or Illinois, when we could offer the same services here. From a public safety perspective, I'm in agreement that legalization will lead to an increase in auto accidents and deaths, it's bad for brain development, it can cause long-term appetite/sleep issues. From a cynical woke bullshit perspective, I think the requirement for dispensaries and cultivators to be distributed in an "equitable" fashion will mean that these things will probably be most likely to pop up between hood liquor stores, pawn shops, and gun stores, and I don't think it will in any way improve our state's worst-off communities. 

    All said, I'm probably going to abstain on this one. Yes on 2 is going to win in a landslide. 

    I'm pretty much on the same page. I don't care about weed I just don't like having to work with guys that smoke it merely because it makes them stupid and they forget their parts. Same thing if a guy is drunk at the entire practice. But yes, it's going to pass with or without my vote. That's without any convoluted moral angles. Are we better off as Society with more and more ways for people to stay fucked up more and more of the time? And in the case of cigarettes sure, they're dangerous, but look at the money we make. And if I can't judge somebody's reaction to chronic pain how can I tell him that I'm doing him a favor by not allowing to have all the oxy he wants? But I digress. ?

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    I'm pretty much on the same page. I don't care about weed I just don't like having to work with guys that smoke it merely because it makes them stupid and they forget their parts. Same thing if a guy is drunk at the entire practice. But yes, it's going to pass with or without my vote. That's without any convoluted moral angles. Are we better off as Society with more and more ways for people to stay fucked up more and more of the time? And in the case of cigarettes sure, they're dangerous, but look at the money we make. And if I can't judge somebody's reaction to chronic pain how can I tell him that I'm doing him a favor by not allowing to have all the oxy he wants? But I digress. ?

    WSS

    Weed or Alcohol has never affected my ability to perform on stage and I never once forgot my parts... However... everyone is physiologically different

  • @jax said:

    What's your take genius? Weed should be legal because alcohol is?

    I didn't give you a take on whether I support banning alcohol and it's not up for debate so what the fuck are you rambling on about?

    I also didn't give an actual reason on why I think it should remain illegal, my explanation was to inform you that I could support one issue without tying into another, comprehend?

    They're very much linked

    But then why do you think weed should be illegal?

    @mld-woody said:

    They're very much linked

    But then why do you think weed should be illegal?

    Yes linked. So, you believe because one drug has harmful effects on society and self that it constitutes legalizing yet another drug that has harmful effects?

    The more the merrier is your argument?

    Amsterdam and the effects of pot smoking:

    As Amsterdam bows out, what will be the new capital of cannabis tourism? (nationalgeographic.com)

    Amsterdam-Cannabis banned:

    Amsterdam bans cannabis in its red light district - BBC News

  • Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

  • well, I never smoked pot, but at the student union, everybody knew what it smelled like....

    what pro pot folks don't consider is the reality - the damage to society:

  • That's much longer than alcohol. Colorado defines marijuana intoxication at 5 nanograms of THC in someone's blood. Sam Cole is the traffic safety manager for Colorado's Department of Transportation. He says 8 percent of fatal crashes are caused by drivers intoxicated from marijuana. "We only look at
  • Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

    @bob806 said:

    Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

    Of course they want to change it. It wasn’t their idea, so it must be bad

  • Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

    @bob806 said:

    Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

    actually, when I voted against it, it just said generally what the bill was about.

    NOT all the provisions, if I recall correctly. So, all the intricacies were not

    "voted on" by Ohioans.

    But that is the left -

    If you read the serious problems in Colorado, of course the Reps are doing the

    RESPONSIBLE thing by adjusting the IMPLEMENTATION of the law that was approved.

    You think anyone who is just a regular citizen that voted to approve the pot law read the entire document? come on.

  • @bob806 said:

    Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

    actually, when I voted against it, it just said generally what the bill was about.

    NOT all the provisions, if I recall correctly. So, all the intricacies were not

    "voted on" by Ohioans.

    But that is the left -

    If you read the serious problems in Colorado, of course the Reps are doing the

    RESPONSIBLE thing by adjusting the IMPLEMENTATION of the law that was approved.

    You think anyone who is just a regular citizen that voted to approve the pot law read the entire document? come on.

    @calfoxwc said:

    actually, when I voted against it, it just said generally what the bill was about.

    NOT all the provisions, if I recall correctly. So, all the intricacies were not

    "voted on" by Ohioans.

    But that is the left -

    If you read the serious problems in Colorado, of course the Reps are doing the

    RESPONSIBLE thing by adjusting the IMPLEMENTATION of the law that was approved.

    You think anyone who is just a regular citizen that voted to approve the pot law read the entire document? come on.

    All the intricacies were in the bill that passed. They just weren’t on the ballot. If they put all the details,  for every bill, on the ballot, the ballot would be 500 pages 

    An informed voter, which is what both sides DO NOT WANT, is supposed to read the bill, then go vote on it. But I would guess 99.9% of people just vote on what they see in TV ads or the internet 

    https://www.10tv.com/amp/article/news/politics/elections/ohio-issue-2-marijuana-legalization-2023-november-election/530-0e02c315-10a9-4a16-b6f3-e7c30808de26

  • Here is the official bill for issue 1 and  2 and all that it covers. Try reading all this legal BS in the voting booth

    https://www.ohiosos.gov/globalassets/elections/2023/gen/issuesreport.pdf

  • @bob806 said:

    Issue 2 potential changes

    Ignoring the voters. Not a good look Ohio Rs.

    Opinion piece

    actually, when I voted against it, it just said generally what the bill was about.

    NOT all the provisions, if I recall correctly. So, all the intricacies were not

    "voted on" by Ohioans.

    But that is the left -

    If you read the serious problems in Colorado, of course the Reps are doing the

    RESPONSIBLE thing by adjusting the IMPLEMENTATION of the law that was approved.

    You think anyone who is just a regular citizen that voted to approve the pot law read the entire document? come on.

    @calfoxwc said:

    actually, when I voted against it, it just said generally what the bill was about.

    NOT all the provisions, if I recall correctly. So, all the intricacies were not

    "voted on" by Ohioans.

    But that is the left -

    If you read the serious problems in Colorado, of course the Reps are doing the

    RESPONSIBLE thing by adjusting the IMPLEMENTATION of the law that was approved.

    You think anyone who is just a regular citizen that voted to approve the pot law read the entire document? come on.

    Cal, just my opinion here.

    The main reason it passed was the simple provision that people could grow their own, up to 6 plants. The new tweaks on this eliminate that. Why? 

    Me thinks it's so the state gets it's hand$ on ALL the dough. 

    Secondly, they want to up the taxed sales. That's not what the public voted on. 

    It isn't a good look. 

    The Browns go up 21-17 at the end of the 3rd Quarter, and tell the NFL "we won, no need to play the 4th Quarter." Change the rules in the middle of the game. Is that ok?

  • @calfoxwc said:

    actually, when I voted against it, it just said generally what the bill was about.

    NOT all the provisions, if I recall correctly. So, all the intricacies were not

    "voted on" by Ohioans.

    But that is the left -

    If you read the serious problems in Colorado, of course the Reps are doing the

    RESPONSIBLE thing by adjusting the IMPLEMENTATION of the law that was approved.

    You think anyone who is just a regular citizen that voted to approve the pot law read the entire document? come on.

    Cal, just my opinion here.

    The main reason it passed was the simple provision that people could grow their own, up to 6 plants. The new tweaks on this eliminate that. Why? 

    Me thinks it's so the state gets it's hand$ on ALL the dough. 

    Secondly, they want to up the taxed sales. That's not what the public voted on. 

    It isn't a good look. 

    The Browns go up 21-17 at the end of the 3rd Quarter, and tell the NFL "we won, no need to play the 4th Quarter." Change the rules in the middle of the game. Is that ok?

    @bob806 said:

    Cal, just my opinion here.

    The main reason it passed was the simple provision that people could grow their own, up to 6 plants. The new tweaks on this eliminate that. Why? 

    Me thinks it's so the state gets it's hand$ on ALL the dough. 

    Secondly, they want to up the taxed sales. That's not what the public voted on. 

    It isn't a good look. 

    The Browns go up 21-17 at the end of the 3rd Quarter, and tell the NFL "we won, no need to play the 4th Quarter." Change the rules in the middle of the game. Is that ok?

    Govt BS at its finest.

    “We didn’t want this, but the voters did, so let’s change it and piss people off”

  • Just my opinion, I don't want it legalized at all, so I'm biased, yes?

    You betcha, lol.

    But voting on a bill doesn't take into consideration the complications that the left wants to be kept quiet, and there isn't enough money to put it all in a bunch of tv ads.

    The implementation of the law requires complexity - it isn't a simple "yes" vote for pot.

    but voting to grow at home - this stuff isn't in the bill - but it is seriously relevant:

    • Potential health effects include hypersensitivity pneumonitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma and other respiratory diseases. Another concern was elevated carbon dioxide levels which, if generated using fossil fuel combustion, can result in the production of carbon monoxide resulting in significant health effects, or death, to exposed individuals.
      • Research & Publishing

        Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications. Books. Thurstone C and Tatum C (2015), Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction, published by Rowman and Littlfield, New York, New York Book reviews. Thurstone C (2003), Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A guide for Practitioners and Carers, by Patricia Howlin [Book Review].Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 21: 71-73

      • The Big Deal

        In late 2011, Education Department officials asked my husband, Dr. Christian Thurstone, to develop a presentation aimed at helping teachers and other school workers understand why marijuana is especially harmful to adolescents. Educators would benefit from a refresher course on brain science, they said.

      • Events

        Dr. Christian Thurstone is honored to deliver the Viola Bernard Psychiatry Grand Rounds Lecture at the New York State Psychiatric Institute on the campus of Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Thurstone's talk will focus on these learning objectives: 1) To understand the possible impact of changing marijuana policy on adolescent substance treatment; […]

      • Dr. Christian Thurstone

        Dr. Christian Thurstone speaks on dangers of teen vaping with Fox 31. by Christine Tatum | Jun 29, 2022 | Denver's Health, Media. The United States Food and Drug Administration on June 23, 2022, issued marketing denial orders to JUUL Labs Inc., for all of their products currently marketed in the United States, effectively banning the maker of e-cigarette devices and other vaping products from...

      • Commenting Rules

        Unfortunately, we don't have time to ensure each reader receives an individual explanation for why we rejected a comment. We hope the following guide helps explain our editorial judgment. Our profound thanks to the New York Times for articulating its own commenting rules clearly because they have been very helpful to the development and ...

      • Military

        Thurstone named recipient of Meritorious Service Medal. by Christine Tatum | Apr 11, 2022 | Military. U.S. Army LTC Christian Thurstone is the recipient of The Meritorious Service Medal. To All who shall see these presents, greeting: This is to certify that the President of the United States of America authorized by Executive Order, 16 January 1969 has awarded The...

    • Here are a few of the most common indicators: Mold growth in corners where walls and ceilings meet. Condensation on walls or windows. Bubbling paint or wallpaper. Discoloration of the walls, ceiling or roof. Gaping holes in walls. Electrical work that has been tampered with. Bypassed hydrometer. High relative humidity.
  • Just my opinion, I don't want it legalized at all, so I'm biased, yes?

    You betcha, lol.

    But voting on a bill doesn't take into consideration the complications that the left wants to be kept quiet, and there isn't enough money to put it all in a bunch of tv ads.

    The implementation of the law requires complexity - it isn't a simple "yes" vote for pot.

    but voting to grow at home - this stuff isn't in the bill - but it is seriously relevant:

    • Potential health effects include hypersensitivity pneumonitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma and other respiratory diseases. Another concern was elevated carbon dioxide levels which, if generated using fossil fuel combustion, can result in the production of carbon monoxide resulting in significant health effects, or death, to exposed individuals.
      • Research & Publishing

        Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications. Books. Thurstone C and Tatum C (2015), Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction, published by Rowman and Littlfield, New York, New York Book reviews. Thurstone C (2003), Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A guide for Practitioners and Carers, by Patricia Howlin [Book Review].Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 21: 71-73

      • The Big Deal

        In late 2011, Education Department officials asked my husband, Dr. Christian Thurstone, to develop a presentation aimed at helping teachers and other school workers understand why marijuana is especially harmful to adolescents. Educators would benefit from a refresher course on brain science, they said.

      • Events

        Dr. Christian Thurstone is honored to deliver the Viola Bernard Psychiatry Grand Rounds Lecture at the New York State Psychiatric Institute on the campus of Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Thurstone's talk will focus on these learning objectives: 1) To understand the possible impact of changing marijuana policy on adolescent substance treatment; […]

      • Dr. Christian Thurstone

        Dr. Christian Thurstone speaks on dangers of teen vaping with Fox 31. by Christine Tatum | Jun 29, 2022 | Denver's Health, Media. The United States Food and Drug Administration on June 23, 2022, issued marketing denial orders to JUUL Labs Inc., for all of their products currently marketed in the United States, effectively banning the maker of e-cigarette devices and other vaping products from...

      • Commenting Rules

        Unfortunately, we don't have time to ensure each reader receives an individual explanation for why we rejected a comment. We hope the following guide helps explain our editorial judgment. Our profound thanks to the New York Times for articulating its own commenting rules clearly because they have been very helpful to the development and ...

      • Military

        Thurstone named recipient of Meritorious Service Medal. by Christine Tatum | Apr 11, 2022 | Military. U.S. Army LTC Christian Thurstone is the recipient of The Meritorious Service Medal. To All who shall see these presents, greeting: This is to certify that the President of the United States of America authorized by Executive Order, 16 January 1969 has awarded The...

    • Here are a few of the most common indicators: Mold growth in corners where walls and ceilings meet. Condensation on walls or windows. Bubbling paint or wallpaper. Discoloration of the walls, ceiling or roof. Gaping holes in walls. Electrical work that has been tampered with. Bypassed hydrometer. High relative humidity.

    @calfoxwc said:

    Just my opinion, I don't want it legalized at all, so I'm biased, yes?

    You betcha, lol.

    But voting on a bill doesn't take into consideration the complications that the left wants to be kept quiet, and there isn't enough money to put it all in a bunch of tv ads.

    The implementation of the law requires complexity - it isn't a simple "yes" vote for pot.

     
     

    No problem with a "yes" or "no" vote at all, that's what we do.

    My point is the will of the people, educated or uneducated on the issue(s) voted, voted on the issue/proposed language. Our state "representatives" have no right to alter the will of the people, regardless of where we stand. 

  • If you don’t want pot grown in your house, don’t grow it

    Should we stop people from growing tomato’s indoors, or flowers? 

    I know a person, who lives in suburban Cleveland, and he has a very big grow room. He doesn’t grow pot, he grows flowers and vegetables that he then transplants into his yard over the spring and summer. He’s been doing this for decades

    Should he be stopped? Plants and vegetables are legal, just like pot is now

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  • I'm 100% against the legalization, but if it is going to be legal then I absolutely think being able to grow your own few plants is how it should be.

  • I suppose, but comparing veggie seedlings with pot plants is pretty silly.....