CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to Ohio@midwest.social · 10 months agoOhio, I'm so proud of yallmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1message-squareOhio, I'm so proud of yallCaptDust@sh.itjust.works to Ohio@midwest.social · 10 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoHow is this new one any different? That small group is already well established with the medicinal cannabis industry and they will get the first opportunities to expand into recreational.
minus-squareBen Keith 🚲@urbanists.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months 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.
How is this new one any different? That small group is already well established with the medicinal cannabis industry and they will get the first opportunities to expand into recreational.
@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.