While Issue 2 is not a school board issue, it will have an effect on students. As the above video states, marijuana affects developing brains. Voting yes on Issue two is a vote for increasing adolescent use.
My Experience with Marijuana
I never smoked it, but I knew people who did. While in high school back in the 80's I had a friend named Ernie who smoked and sold it. The school principal became aware of it and worked with Ernie's parents to resolve it. Ernie was sent to a rehab program and relocated to a different school to remove him from the bad influence of his friends.
We already have medical marijuana in Ohio. Ballot Issue 2 is about recreational use and profit.
Read what Ohio Senator Dr. Terry Johnson, Ohio Senator Mark Romanchuk, and Ohio Representative William Seitz have to say about Issue Two:
Don’t buy it Ohio
Issue 2 is a bad plan that puts profits over people. It legalizes an addiction-for-profit industry at the expense of our families and poses substantial risks to the public health and safety of all Ohioans, especially children and adolescents, given marijuana’s high potential for abuse.
When casting your NO vote, remember that Issue 2:
Is meant to make a few greedy investors rich, not to make Ohio better.
Ensures we will be overrun with complications from marijuana, as California and Colorado have proven.
Recklessly exposes kids to a mind-altering substance in kid-friendly forms, such as candy and cookies.
Promotes recreational use of a drug that causes withdrawal, distorted perceptions, respiratory damage, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and schizophrenia.
Increases the likelihood that users will endanger others by driving while under the influence.
Heightens the risk of workplace injuries and employer liability.
Enables “home grow,” which will inevitably create a cottage industry of “home growers” dealing marijuana laced with even more dangerous substances.
Undermines and threatens the existence of our burgeoning medical marijuana program.
These and other societal costs, far outweigh any taxable benefit, especially at a pitiful 10% tax rate. That is why hospitals, doctors, mental-health professionals, faith leaders, parents, educators, business owners, law enforcement, prosecutors, and policymakers alike strenuously oppose Issue 2.
This is simply a move to commercialize marijuana for billions in profit. It’s today’s version of Big Tobacco, an industry that cannot be trusted. More time and research are needed, so let’s not rush a decision that we may later regret. On November 7th, vote NO on Issue 2.
My concluding thoughts
Note that the 10% tax will be used to fund the very industry that this benefits by implementing "social equity" which is a component of Critical Race Theory and a Marxist ideology. *The revenue generated from this tax would be directed toward establishing a cannabis social equity and jobs program. This program would be designed to provide financial support and assistance for license applications to individuals who have been disproportionately affected by past marijuana-related law enforcement.
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