CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to Ohio@midwest.social · 1 year agoOhio, I'm so proud of yallmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareOhio, I'm so proud of yallCaptDust@sh.itjust.works to Ohio@midwest.social · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBen Keith 🚲@urbanists.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago@krolden @Deconceptualist The failed 2015 initiative in would have granted an actual monopoly to 10 facilities to grow #marijuana https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_3,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2015)#Marijuana_Growth.2C_Cultivation_and_Extraction_.28MGCE.29_facilities — actively shutting out existing businesses The successful 2023 initiative does not grant any monopolies: https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_2,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2023)#Text_of_measure — it sets up an open licensing scheme where anyone can apply to grow and sell, and it sets up jobs and equity funds to give money back to #Ohio communities.
@krolden @Deconceptualist The failed 2015 initiative in would have granted an actual monopoly to 10 facilities to grow #marijuana https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_3,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2015)#Marijuana_Growth.2C_Cultivation_and_Extraction_.28MGCE.29_facilities — actively shutting out existing businesses
The successful 2023 initiative does not grant any monopolies: https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_2,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2023)#Text_of_measure — it sets up an open licensing scheme where anyone can apply to grow and sell, and it sets up jobs and equity funds to give money back to #Ohio communities.