OH Rep to introduce Pot Legalization

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  COLUMBUS -- A state representative plans to introduce legislation aimed at legalizing marijuana in Ohio. Rep. Bob Hagan (D-Youngstown) says he'll propose two bills to end the state's pot prohibition. One bill would legalize marijuana in the state for medicinal purposes, while the other would give Ohio voters the chance to decide if pot should be legal for recreational use as well. Hagan believes public sentiment is strongly behind medicinal marijuana, saying 70-percent of Ohioans support its legalization, and says recreational use should also be allowed because the drug war is proving to be a losing battle. The representative said taxes derived from marijuana sales could help fund law enforcement and rehabilitation programs for more serious drugs, such as heroin and methamphetamine. Hagan says the public's fear of marijuana has dropped sharply, as has the belief that it is a gateway drug.

• queencitybuckeye

  I'd love to hear a cogent explanation from someone in the 30% camp that appears to believe that people who can be helped with a medical condition using marijuana should not be allowed to do so.
• justincredible

  

  :thumbup:
• justincredible

  

  queencitybuckeye;1437501 wrote:I'd love to hear a cogent explanation from someone in the 30% camp that appears to believe that people who can be helped with a medical condition using marijuana should not be allowed to do so.

  It's...uh...there's...ummm...I...uh...drugs are bad.
• hasbeen

  

  Good.
• justincredible

  

  justincredible;1437509 wrote:It's...uh...there's...ummm...I...uh...drugs are bad.

  That is to say natural drugs are bad. FDA approved drugs created in a lab are A-Okay!
• Heretic

  

  justincredible;1437509 wrote:It's...uh...there's...ummm...I...uh...drugs are bad.

  Pretty much. Other than that, they have nothing.
• Heretic

  

  Heretic;1437529 wrote:Pretty much. Other than that, they have nothing.

  Well other than stupid rationalizations, flawed analogies and other forms of poor arguing.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  
• said_aouita

  

  I hope enough pot heads actually motivate enough to go vote.
• A PAC

  

  said_aouita;1437546 wrote:I hope enough pot heads actually motivate enough to go vote.

  Like asking a cat to bark.
  
  Seriously though, I've never smoked weed, but think it should be legal. They can tax the shit out of it and people can be helped medically by it.
• Mohican00

  

  A PAC;1437551 wrote:Like asking a cat to bark.
  
  Seriously though, I've never smoked weed, but think it should be legal. They can tax the shit out of it and people can be helped medically by it.

  I've been meeting an increasing amount of (boring) people who have never smoked before.....
  
  j/k - stay in school
• Automatik

  

  
• Trueblue23

  

  Oooof fucking coursing I move to Indiana last year lol
• believer

  

  justincredible;1437521 wrote:That is to say natural drugs are bad. FDA approved drugs created in a lab are A-Okay!

  The government always knows what's best for us.
• lhslep134

  

  Rep Yuko tried to get a pot bill through when I was working for the House of Reps and it didn't make it out of committee. I saw a bunch of the letters written to Yuko in opposition of medical marijuana and 99% of it was quite delusional.
• Sonofanump

  My only fear (rational or irrational) is a potential for an increase of auto accidents.</SPAN>
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Trueblue23;1437564 wrote:Oooof fucking coursing I move to Indiana last year lol

  
  Are u high right now?
• said_aouita

  

  Sonofanump;1437579 wrote:My only fear (rational or irrational) is a potential for an increase of auto accidents.

  Maybe more accidents if pots legal but they'll all be at much lower speeds.
• cruiser_96

  

  I'm in the minority - I GET IT!!!!!!!
  
  But it I may? How is it that as a society we demonized cigarettes, but applaud this? Seems condradictory.
  
  Two things I have always held to... Smoke in any form is not natural for the lungs. The second, just because it's natural doesn't necessarily mean it's good. (Hemlock, poison ivy, oak an sumac.)
  
  Lastly, because it's the people voting yeah or nay, there's not much to say.
• Pick6

  

  Dont really care. People are going to do it whether its illegal or not. The bigger issue is if it being legal will stop employers from drug testing, which I would imagine will not be the case.
  
  Would bring in a lot of tax revenue, though.
• queencitybuckeye

  cruiser_96;1437593 wrote:I'm in the minority - I GET IT!!!!!!!
  
  But it I may? How is it that as a society we demonized cigarettes, but applaud this? Seems condradictory.
  
  Two things I have always held to... Smoke in any form is not natural for the lungs. The second, just because it's natural doesn't necessarily mean it's good. (Hemlock, poison ivy, oak an sumac.)
  
  Lastly, because it's the people voting yeah or nay, there's not much to say.

  
  I'm assuming you're talking about recreational use (we disagree but so what). I'm still waiting for a rational explanation why a child who has life-threatening seizures can't legally have a treatment known to be effective.
• pmoney25

  

  cruiser_96;1437593 wrote:I'm in the minority - I GET IT!!!!!!!
  
  But it I may? How is it that as a society we demonized cigarettes, but applaud this? Seems condradictory.
  
  Two things I have always held to... Smoke in any form is not natural for the lungs. The second, just because it's natural doesn't necessarily mean it's good. (Hemlock, poison ivy, oak an sumac.)
  
  Lastly, because it's the people voting yeah or nay, there's not much to say.

  
  
  How can we as a society be ok with alcohol and make pot illegal, that seems contradictory. I don't smoke anything but alcohol is a bigger threat to society than pot could ever be.
• Mulva

  

  cruiser_96;1437593 wrote:But it I may? How is it that as a society we demonized cigarettes, but applaud this? Seems condradictory

  One can support restricting something while at the same time oppose criminalizing it.
  
  If pot was legalized (which sadly I don't see passing in Ohio), I would expect the same restrictions would be placed on it as are currently in place for tobacco smoking.
• cruiser_96

  

  And by alcohol I'll assume you mean drunkards? Agreed. But I don't think getting drunk is a positive either. So it would seem alcohol isn't as much the problem as pure idiocy is. Agree 100%.
  
  QBC: I certainly have no answer for that.