By: BobR

BobR
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:26:35 +0000

OK, folks, we have several shell games going on here at the same time in order to try to confuse voters.

First is the claim about how many jobs passing Issue 3 will create. Let’s be honest. Supporters of Issue 3 (yes, YOU) really don’t give a rat’s pattotie about jobs. They/you really just want to smoke your weed without the fear of getting busted. The jobs issue is a smoke-screen (pun intended) to try to get legalization.

Second is medical vs recreational use. Supporters of Issue 3 paint a sob story of little kids being deprived of a drug (cannabis) to alleviate their pain. The real issue here is legalization of the recreational use of the drug — plain and simple. Don’t confabulate the two drastically different issues of medical vs recreational use.

Third is the issue of second hand smoke. When was the last time you saw someone smoking a (tobacco) cigarette on campus? In a dorm room? Why is that prohibited? Due to the adverse health effects of others breathing in the second hand smoke. Many of the very same folks who decry having to inhale tobacco smoke from someone else has absolutely no problem smoking weed and exposing others who may not want the effects of the drug in their system. This is a blatent double standard on second hand smoke.

Now let’s take the second hand smoke one step further. Suppose you are a parent of young children. Is is OK to expose them inadvertently to tobacco smoke? Is it OK to expose them inadvertently to marijuana smoke? If the answer to the first question is NO, then why would the answer to the second question be YES?

Finally, full disclosure for me. I smoked marijuana perhaps a half dozen times when I was in graduate school, I inhaled, and I did it for recreational purposes. Also, yesterday I voted early YES on Issue 2 (to prohibit creation of monopolies in the Ohio Constitution) and I voted NO on Issue 3 (creation of such a monopoly and legalization of marijuana).