Affirming the Will of the People and Improving Ohio's Marijuana Law

It’s astounding how protecting children, and improving public safety, created a media tantrum the size of a tidal wave, all to protect pot.

One need not be high to support keeping our roads safe.

Nor is it a sin to think that keeping our kids away from becoming advertising targets from Ohio’s marijuana industry is reasonable. Drug dealers would never prey on kids, right?

Yet the coverage this week from Ohio’s legacy media which hasn’t learned anything from the November election seems to think it is wise to leave children and families unprotected from secondhand smoke. 

Cleveland.com in promoting its Podcast said, “we’re talking about the Ohio Senate overriding the will of the voters…”

Now to be fair this is the same group of journalism geniuses who described parents who homeschool their children this way in a Friday podcast about a bill that would increase the amount of instructional time for public schools, “So they’re real legit schools and not just somebody homeschooling their kids in Nazi way.”

You hear that homeschool moms and dads? The people in charge of cleveland.com think you’re a bunch of Nazis. That is a troubling, yet perfect example of today’s newsroom and editorial management.

It's important to remember that Ohio's marijuana law was passed by the voters as an initiated statute. That means it is part of Ohio Revised Code, which can be updated by the Ohio General Assembly. That's better for everyone, including the industry, because if it were a constitutional amendment it could only be changed by the voters passing another constitutional amendment.

Today, the law can be changed as the industry grows, pardon the pun, or evolves. That's something the marijuana executives would privately tell you they support.

The Ohio Senate affirmed the will of the voters this week by improving Ohio's marijuana law that was passed in November of 2023.

The Senate updated protections focused on public safety and protecting children.

The Senate streamlined the overall industry guidelines by moving the new adult use law into the already existing medical marijuana program which will be monitored by the Division of Marijuana Control.

Senate President Rob McColley sets the record straight this week on the President's Podcast.