October 12, 2023 Segment 2: Issue 2

Special Guest: ⁠Bernie Moreno, US Senate Candidate

Issue 2 - “Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize, and Tax the Adult Use of Cannabis” 

• Actual text of the resolution is 51 pages long!!!

• And very, very difficult to find online

• While much is said about “cannabis” the bulk of the language deals with “Social Equity and Jobs Program” - a new effort under the Ohio Department of Development

• The actual text contains the word “equity” over twice as many times as the word “license”.

• Section 2:  “provide funding and social equity opportunities in the state”

• Section 3:  “Prescribing standards and procedures in coordination with the department of development to administer and enforce the cannabis social equity and jobs program”

• The Department of Development - “Creating a better life for all Ohioans”

• Already sounds like an “equity” focused organization

• New “Social Equity and Jobs Program”

• Funded by legalizing and licensing cannabis

• Easily expanded to every area of commerce, business and government activity

• Also includes language that forces cannabis into poor and impoverished neighborhoods

• Anyone previously convicted of selling weed, can get Ohio funding to get back into the business!

• Aside from the obvious issues with widespread use of marijuana, the focus on creating a whole new “equity” program has nothing to do with the legalization effort.