Gov. John Kasich signs medical marijuana bill into law in Ohio - Polidicks

[quote]COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With little fanfare, Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed a law creating a strictly regulated medical marijuana program. Kasich's communications team announced the signing without any comment, simply including it in a list with several other bills the governor also signed Wednesday. The new law goes into effect 90 days after the bill is officially filed with the secretary of state, making the marijuana legal sometime in early September.[/quote] [url]http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/06/gov_john_kasich_signs_medical.html[/url]

oh hey wow I can get medical marijuana

out if all the potential republican nominees, kasich was the one i would've been most okay with.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the reason why he signed it is because we have an epidemic right now with people overdosing on drugs, mostly opiates.

wait what? seriously, where was this in the news here?! [editline]8th June 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Humin;50481280]I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the reason why he signed it is because we have an epidemic right now with people overdosing on drugs, mostly opiates.[/QUOTE] not really, the writing was on the wall with the referendum last november, something like 70-80% of people said they would support medical legalization, while the bill we got was fucking terrible. there was already going to be another measure on the ballot this year, and it was expected to pass anyways. i heard the state legislature was working on it but damn this didn't make a single headline around here [editline]8th June 2016[/editline] shit this is really really going to help my brother

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;50481130]out if all the potential republican nominees, kasich was the one i would've been most okay with.[/QUOTE] Kasich would probably have been my preference among the Republicans. Jeb Bush also wasn't bad, there's just something un-American about having three members of the same family be President in such short order. I'd have considered both of them - probably wouldn't have voted for them, I generally try to vote third-party except when I need to vote strategically to keep an absolute monster out of office, but I'd have seriously considered them. Fiorina is only good at burning companies to the ground and cashing them out for the investors. Carson was demonstrably an unqualified idiot. Christie is New Jersey in human form. Rubio and Cruz have that weird slimy feel of people who've bought into their own party's propaganda too much. And Trump is objectively one of the worst humans alive, and that's on a global ranking. In any case, glad to see this stupid expensive War on Drugs winding down, even in conservative states. Before too long they'll have to scrap it at a federal level, which would be great. I don't care about smoking weed myself, but there's far better things my tax money could be spent on.

[quote]Ohio is the 25th state to pass a comprehensive medical marijuana program, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The Ohio law prohibits smoking or growing marijuana at home but allows cannabis oils, tinctures, patches, edibles and plant material to be used and sold in state-licensed dispensaries.[/quote] The way it should be.

[QUOTE=Code3Response;50481386]The way it should be.[/QUOTE] What's wrong with smoking it or growing it at home?

[QUOTE=phygon;50481403]What's wrong with smoking it or growing it at home?[/QUOTE] Nothing. Selling it unlicensed is the only thing I can think of.

[QUOTE=phygon;50481403]What's wrong with smoking it or growing it at home?[/QUOTE] Growing it at home would divert money from the state. Smoking anything fucks with your lungs, but you can't really stop people from doing that. On a small tangent, smoking in public or around others is a nuisance. The substances allowed by the bill allow people to get high without harming the air and minimizing litter. My stoner friends tend to have burnt crud everywhere and it just makes the place feel gross. The litter is more an issue with tobacco though, with cigarette butts lying everywhere.

literally the only time I've ever been happy to have crohns disease, shit yes

[QUOTE=Javascript;50481740]literally the only time I've ever been happy to have crohns disease, shit yes[/QUOTE] If it helps make sure you let people know. Email the State Gov and post about it online so people understand it has an actual medicinal use.

[QUOTE=phygon;50481403]What's wrong with smoking it or growing it at home?[/QUOTE] Because you have to regulate it. Cant regulate growing marijuana at home and why would the health department advocate smoking when theres better ingestion forms.

[QUOTE=Code3Response;50482304]Because you have to regulate it. Cant regulate growing marijuana at home and why would the health department advocate smoking when theres better ingestion forms.[/QUOTE] Why do you have to regulate people growing a plant that has medicinal benefits?

Furthermore, why do conservatives, who generally support the idea of 'small government' always want to put harsh controls on something like marijuana? Seems mighty hypocritical. What business is it of a small government, after all, to interfere in what people do to their own bodies within the privacy of their own homes?

[QUOTE=phygon;50482371]Why do you have to regulate people growing a plant that has medicinal benefits?[/QUOTE] Because despite what a lot of people would have you believe, there can be some bad reactions to marijuana, so if everyone's growing it, someone somewhere is bound to have something go wrong. Also takes money away from the state.

[QUOTE=MissZoey;50482414]Because despite what a lot of people would have you believe, there can be some bad reactions to marijuana, so if everyone's growing it, someone somewhere is bound to have something go wrong. Also takes money away from the state.[/QUOTE] Obviously people that don't have a medical card won't be able to grow it

[QUOTE=MissZoey;50482414]Because despite what a lot of people would have you believe, there can be some bad reactions to marijuana, so if everyone's growing it, someone somewhere is bound to have something go wrong. Also takes money away from the state.[/QUOTE] lol, that's like saying some people have horrible allergic reactions to strawberries so no one should be allowed to grow them.

[QUOTE=Levelog;50483290]lol, that's like saying some people have horrible allergic reactions to strawberries so no one should be allowed to grow them.[/QUOTE] Fair enough, that's a good point.

If you want, I'd say just banning the smoke form. If that's what it takes to get weed legalized, I'd gladly eat space cakes.

One of the few problems with this though is that it offers no protections against drug tests, which everybody and their gramas are doing now. My brother had an interview for a salesman job and they wanted him to do a drug test...how does that even matter?

[QUOTE=Sableye;50485603]One of the few problems with this though is that it offers no protections against drug tests, which everybody and their gramas are doing now. My brother had an interview for a salesman job and they wanted him to do a drug test...how does that even matter?[/QUOTE] I can't think of a job I had when I lived in Ohio that didn't have a drug test. [editline]9th June 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Megadave;50484358]If you want, I'd say just banning the smoke form. If that's what it takes to get weed legalized, I'd gladly eat space cakes.[/QUOTE] That's really the only reason I'm wanting legalization. I can't bake for shit.