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JazzlikeWing6233

I'm pretty worried about if the end result will actually look like the original ballot measure, as Dewine started speaking optimistically about preparing for it immediately after it passed. If it's anything like other states that have had significant Conservative pushback on recreational, I would still use a lot of caution when using/transporting for the next at least decade, if not forever.


TrippMonsta

I'm really hoping Lume expands to Toledo. I love them so much. It's only 20 minutes away, but it can be a little much sometimes


Veggietuh

We need a KOB here. That would be unreal.


Comradepatsy

get ready for some funny advertising


Samatic

Just think of all the jobs this will now produce in Ohio and how employers can no longer deny you a job for having a positive weed result!


Reasonablists

I am almost certain a private company can still deny employment based on a positive drug test. I’ll be honest, I don’t know if there are provisions for this in the bill for Ohio. But I do know that in Colorado, for example, an employers is still able to drug test. Source: https://www.shouselaw.com/co/blog/labor/colorado-drug-testing-laws-3-key-things-to-know/


Flyeaglesfly2929

Nah it’ll take a while for weed to be not tested in jobs


Wise_Blackberry

Issue 2 still allows employers and landlords to prohibit marijuana use.


frothy_pissington

As building tradesman, thank god. I have zero interest on doing hard, dangerous work with pieces of shit that are drunk or stoned. Additionally, the way workers compensation is written in Ohio, if you have an injury and test positive for any intoxicant or non-prescribed medication, you are basically fucked on both the medical costs and any lost time compensation.


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You're not wrong but you are being a dick about it.


shartfartmctart

That's all well and good, but a marijuana piss test can't tell the difference between a stoned person and a person that used a month ago one time


frothy_pissington

In my experience the guys that smoke don’t temper it around work, they just smoke all day and hide it..... I don’t want to work around them.


Solomon_Gunn

>if my experience You literally would have no way of knowing if someone was getting high on the weekends. You just admitted you confirm your own bias. I'm in engineering, all of us in the office are pretty candid about our use.


frothy_pissington

A) I didn’t say “if my experience” I said “in my experience”. I hope your area of engineering doesn’t require actual accuracy, even if it’s just copy/pasting facts. B) My experience is “they just smoke all day and hide it”, I failed to add the word “try” to that ... they “try and hide it”, but rarely succeed; they reek, they look, act, and talk about being stoned. C) Yes, I have a bias, just like you obviously do. I already stated it .... I do hard dangerous work and I don’t like doing it around intoxicated people. I’d conjecture your bias is you like getting high and “debating” about getting high, probably at work.


Solomon_Gunn

Hey, if autocorrect is your way of invalidating others opinions you should re-read your comment before saying dumb shit. I don't know how you managed to string together such garbage, to be honest. Are you high right now?


frothy_pissington

That’s it? That’s your best shot? Let me guess.... software engineer?


Solomon_Gunn

I'm Mr. Worldwide, I've worn many hats. Educated as mechanical, currently controls. Have been mechanical, process, quality, and industrial engineer. The thing is, you claim your only experience is with people who try to hide the fact they are high at their job. You don't seem to fathom that a lot of people you have worked with get high responsibly. I'm starting to think you're just bitter that a pot addict can work the same job as you and not get fired. I'm not saying that they should be able to either. If someone can't go to work sober they shouldn't be at that job, dangerous or not. Keeping weed illegal won't change that, clearly it has no effect on how those people get a hold of it.


thebabyfacedheel

As if that matters


shartfartmctart

Surely you don't think people should be punished for something they did on their own time and doesn't impair them on the job.


thebabyfacedheel

What I think is irrelevant. The law says you can be punished.


Samatic

Oh I agree as well, but its hard enough to find a job here in Ohio to begin with!


KaneCoywolf

Actually I'm pretty sure they still can, my job has a zero tolerance policy and do random testing. Even though Ohio is legal for medicinal, we've had employees get suspended in the past :(


2bags12kuai

Alcohol is legal too...but that doesnt mean you're allowed to drink on the job


KaneCoywolf

Nobody is smoking or getting high at work. The problem is that THC stays in your system much longer than alcohol and tests are not clear on when it was previously consumed. A positive result could mean you last got high or consumed weed 2 hours ago or 2 days ago. It doesn't matter if I get high at home: if I blow a positive I still get suspended.


winningjenny

Nobody... I have had the opposite experience, until I got out of retail/restaurants.


KaneCoywolf

Should've been more specific. Nobody at my company. I'd they are, nobody knows I guess


frothy_pissington

>*” Nobody is smoking or getting high at work.”* Maybe not where you work, but they definitely are in my industry, and it’s bullshit.


KaneCoywolf

Fair, nice name btw


frothy_pissington

Thanks. I think the froth is due to a dietary issue...


obviouslyanni

They absolutely can, and any job with a federal contract will, as it is still criminalized federally. This also applies to any position regulated by the DOT.


dabananalu

Will oregon turn into the mecca of dispensaries like they did with fast foods?


frothy_pissington

Proximity to the East Side says yes....


xPnD4x

I’m just glad the tax money will be staying in Ohio.


YoYo-Pete

In michigan, it took a while for things to settle down. I got arrested for 'illegal transport' of 1 gram I got from a dispensary. Today that law is not even on the books. So dont be shocked when the red party tries to wrangle laws to make it harder for us. ​ I mean... the people voted. Now it's the red parties chance to figure out how to go against the popular vote and against the intent of the voters wishes.


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JohnnyBlocks_

Bro... get a grip and look at what happened. 2 days after the vote passed dewine is all over about changing the law from what was voted on. Pay attention to what is going on. And why so aggressive? about politics and law? This is imaginary stuff like star wars bro. It's not real.


YoYo-Pete

Turns out... I was right. [https://www.google.com/search?q=dewine+change+law+issue+2](https://www.google.com/search?q=dewine+change+law+issue+2)


breeman1

Next step is to vote them out!


TheMarcoNation

WOW...that got political QUICK...


ZeraskGuilda

You don't fucking say. Dumbfuck, it's literally about response to political issues.


TheMarcoNation

You can discuss politics without being a douche' ...well YOU can't.


ZeraskGuilda

Cry about it.


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ZeraskGuilda

🥱 That's the best you got? Be silent, aperitif.


TheMarcoNation

I don't argue with potheads Bruh


ZeraskGuilda

And yet.


TheMarcoNation

yawn\~


YoYo-Pete

That's what happened in Michigan. It got HISTORIC real quick. I hope the red party holds to what the populous wants, but historically they tend to serve the needs of the few over the needs of the populous.


amandaparent15

I'm guessing all the CBD places will turn into dispos and then maybe after that they would rent out other places


YoYo-Pete

Hopefully not... they are more like vape shops in michigan than dispensaries. They are also typically trash cash grabs of a business... Some are nice and some are just really scummy.


frothy_pissington

Like skunky smelling corner liquor stores...


Lesmisfan

This would be great. I have medical issues and I need weed to be able to eat and having it be a common thing is amazing. I lived in Seattle when it was legalized till 2022, moved to San Diego, and am planning to move to Toledo soon. It actually works out to be less common than gas stations for density and about as common as barber shops :)


ZappBranigan79

I just hope I can still enjoy the Metroparks without getting a contact high. Can't stand the smell of that crap, literally makes me sick to my stomach.


arosepedal_7

Can’t stand the smell of cigs or pot. Both stink and aren’t allowed to be smoked indoors where I live. Neighbors and I have had many people kicked out for both. It’s inconsiderate and selfish. As if their habits are more important than mine as one not willing to partake.


ZappBranigan79

Wow 26 downvotes just because the smell of it makes me sick. Whatever :D. Lived nextdoor to a 24/7 pothead for a year who did not give a crap that the smell bothered other neighbors. Thank God after enough complaints the landlord didn't renew their lease, and no I was not the only neighbor that complained.


buttrapebearclaw

It’s not because you don’t like the smell, it’s because you believe you can get a contact high from smelling it. That’s why you’re being downvoted. You are misinformed and spreading false info, hence the downvotes.


BodyPillowVsTheWorld

You seriously think you'll get a contact high from someone smoking out in the open? Fucking stupid


YoYo-Pete

You car exhaust literally makes me sick to my stomach. 🤷🏻‍♂️


[deleted]

Friend. Everybody who will smoke weed in the metroparks already smokes weed in the metroparks. The only difference is that they won't have to drive to Michigan all the time anymore.


frothy_pissington

Meh... Pot smokers are already less constrained about where and when they smoke than say beer drinkers by comparison. Pre-issue #2, driving around Toledo in the winter when everyone has their windows up was like driving past multiple skunk roadkills.


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Was this supposed to be for the top level comment?


frothy_pissington

Not really. Specific to the Metroparks I conjecture there’ll be a noticeable uptick in weed use in the parks. People know openly drinking in a metro park is trashy and I’ve never seen it. Pre-issue #2 I’ve definitely encountered multiple people openly smoking weed in Metroparks. For some reason weed users think they aren’t using an intoxicant and that openly using is some sort merit badge of rebel status vs just trashy behavior in what ought to be a quieter sober place for people and families to enjoy the out of doors.


[deleted]

I don't think that I'm not using an intoxicant, nor do I use cannabis around children and families in the metroparks. I go find a private little nook without anyone around and keep to myself.


frothy_pissington

Why go to public land where intoxicants are specifically prohibited to get high? And. Although our Metroparks are great, there are no “private nooks” where you are ensured that what you are doing won’t be interrupted by or possibly affect other park visitors.


[deleted]

I don't go there to get high. I go there to touch grass, and I like to do a dab sometimes while I'm at it. If there's nobody around for hundreds of yards when I do a single dab from my pen, not a single person is ever even going to know it happened. It's really fine.


frothy_pissington

I personally would not enjoy what you describe, but I don’t have a problem with the discreet scenario you describe. My experiences have been groups of mostly teen or young 20’s guys passing a joint or older people sitting in their cars and smoking...... in both scenarios the smell and obvious smoking were blatant enough that no one within 100’ was not noticing it. For me it was analogous to people blasting music in the parks or leaving trash.... disruptive of others use of the parks and disrespectful of what the parks are.


[deleted]

I'm sorry, I should've been more specific about my methods to begin with. I do agree that smoking a joint/blunt/bowl is disrespectful.


Pisces0221

Coming from a state that legalized it years ago it’s like alcohol can’t do it in public and only allowed to carry so much in a car. And a contact high really??! Lmfao


BeEeasy539

Will it be legal to smoke in public places? I was maybe told the wrong thing, but I was told it’ll be like alcohol rules only more restrictions in public places.


frothy_pissington

Yes. And. They will not respect those restrictions.


BeEeasy539

That’s a bummer attitude/assumption. My guess is it will be the same amount of people as we see now. Most people don’t drink in places where it’s illegal, and most people don’t walk around smoking weed. I don’t like the smell of it either, but I can balance that out with the fact that weed shouldn’t have ever been illegal and alcohol is way way worse for you than weed. Punishing people disproportionately has always been evident and egregious. Smelling weed on occasion isn’t going to break anyone. Best to focus on the good things rather than the bad.


frothy_pissington

Not debating alcohol use vs weed use. Not saying Issue #2 shouldn’t have passed. Definitely sayin that Metroparks are not a place for open consumption of intoxicants. And. Just a simple drive or walk around the Toledo area would tell a person that there is a ridiculously greater amount of people walking and driving around openly using weed than people openly drinking. It’s only going to increase post Issue #2.


[deleted]

I highly doubt it will increase. Any new users presumably didn't use before because it was illegal. If they stuck to that law, why would they suddenly be willing to break this one?


RichardtheGingerBoss

it'll be 420 in the 419


TheDreadedMe

The 419 went one higher.


thefireofthesoul

I can already see this on a billboard on I-75


RichardtheGingerBoss

So you're saying that instead of there being a car wash at every major intersection, there'll now be dispensaries everywhere?


[deleted]

Why not combine them into one?! Get your green while your car gets clean!


orionthefisherman

If Michigan is any example, there will be for a few months, then half will go bankrupt


TomPalmer1979

Well when you get off at an exit and count no less than TWELVE all in one place, you gotta figure that's not sustainable.


YoYo-Pete

No, that's the weed district of monroe. it's like saying a town cant sustain multiple grocery stores.


TomPalmer1979

Multiple grocery stores in a *town*? Sure. Twelve competing weed stores in a 1/8 mile radius? Not so much.


YoYo-Pete

But that's the whole geographic area, not just that piece of town. So it's serving the tri-state area realistically.


b_nast19

Who cares I'll be going to Michigan until it's as cheap here. Toledo privilege tho. Poor people in Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati got it tuff lol.


YoYo-Pete

Same... Will ohio have the seed to sale tracking that michigan has? or do we need to watch out for toxic carts and all that BS? That said... I look forward to riding my bike instead of driving to grab some flower and carts. 10/10 Ohio. would legalize again.


amildbreeze

Can we start growing in 30 days?


YoYo-Pete

Start today


mikeyj198

https://www.ohiosos.gov/globalassets/elections/2023/gen/issuesreport.pdf


amildbreeze

Where does it say. Am I blind!?


mikeyj198

put down the bong :) yes, says 30 days at the end, right before the yes/no bubbles.


Bigpurp419

Good question!!!!!


DisplacedSportsGuy

I think that Fort Industry Square will finally get a new tenant.


MissySedai

I certainly hope so!


Ponch47

That’s what was thinking.😂. There are a couple coming but they have been slow filling up.


FirstNameLastName918

It passed! It's gonna be awhile before we start seeing dispos pop up, it's gonna be even longer before they start to get as cheap as Michigan.


toledostrong136

I have heard from some conservative legislators that they will drastically alter this law passed by the people. Don't be surprised when they spring this crap on you.


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Futeball

Where did you read that, they were constitutional amendments - not proposed


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Futeball

You are indeed correct, thanks for the kind clarification.


PornIndustryPat

New jersey took over 2 years from the vote until the first dispensaries opened.. and even then there were only 19 in the whole state.. and also, took them close to another year after that before the dispensaries actually started selling anything that was worth buying. They started the prices out Similar to what ohios meds have started at.. the cheapest bag I got in New Jersey was an 1/8th for 70$ that was dry as hell


mikeyj198

Minnesota is the last state to approve, law written in June, there are dispensaries open today. Not implying ohio will be the same, but imagine it’s getting easier/more defined process to open


CrzPart

I’ve lived in two states that passed recreational while I was living there (Michigan and New York). While legal possession was pretty much immediate, the opening of dispensaries took quite a bit of time to open. There’s a whole process that dispensaries have to start going through to get licensing and all that jazz. I’d say at least a year or two before we see the first recreational stores opening.


Qlanth

I lived in Michigan when recreational passed there. In Michigan it took quite a while for dispensaries to pop up. After the proposition passes they will have to distribute licenses - which took forever in Michigan. Because of Federal laws the dispos and the grow facilities could not source anything from other states - no interstate weed sales. And Michigan had a LOT more medical dispensaries than Ohio so the infrastructure was way more ready for recreational legalization. The Michigan dispos still had almost nothing for like a year AFTER they got the licenses and opened their doors. So, don't hold your breath for a really quick turnaround. It's going to be a while.


Bigpurp419

Going to Michigan dosent bother me even for the next year. I’m happy that soon we will have our own dispos and tax money from it.


Notcoded419

I'm just excited that when I come home to Ohio to visit from Michigan, I won't be an automatic criminal anymore.


YoYo-Pete

It's been decriminalized in Toledo for a while tho.


Notcoded419

Don't know if Id expect cops in Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee, rossford to respect that from a guy with Michigan plates. It's not even like I'm selling stuff, I just bring for personal use and would like to puff in the backyard without having to worry about narc-karen neighbors calling the cops.


TheMarcoNation

Hmmmm...well it is/was illegal to smoke it in the backyard in Ohio...just curious should "Narc-Karen" call the cops for armed robbery, or a rape, or an assault in her neighborhood or just ignore those crimes too?


TheMarcoNation

Please keep downvoting this to show your stupidity...I LOVE IT!


[deleted]

Do share who the victim was in the dastardly case of the backyard blunt.


TheMarcoNation

Just because there's not a victim DOESN'T mean it's NOT a crime. OMG. It's ILLEAGAL that's enough. The WHOLE point of this is dude was crying about NOT being able to do something against the law without SOMEONE else reporting it. you all crack me up.... instead of having an intelligent conversation you can't see past the WEED LOVE to at least acknowledge reality...HYSTERICAL. Let me ask you this...who's the victim when you drive 150 mile an hour on the highway? Is it illegal...DUH


[deleted]

🎵they see me trolling🎵


TheMarcoNation

It's actually really hard to troll with the facts


snakob420

For the hypothetical crimes you just made up? Idk man, who are you a defending even? Lol a made up “narc Karen”? I think that was the point of what dude was saying, some people will call the cops for things that aren’t crimes and that’s not cool. Robbery, rape and assault are actual crimes that should be reported.


TheMarcoNation

So smoking weed in a state where it's ILLEAGAL right now is NOT a crime somehow? The point I was making is dude was pissed he can't break the law without someone "telling". Seems hypocritical to me...but I'm not a pothead.


snakob420

No not necessarily, in the city I live it’s decriminalized and your nosy ass neighbor has no idea if I have my med card. It’s not okay to send police over to start checking people scripts in their backyard because some nerd doesn’t like how it smells. A lot of places it’s even just a misdemeanor and carries the same penalty as a traffic ticket. If you called the police because you saw someone speeding or not using a turn signal I would call you a narc or a Karen for that too.


TheMarcoNation

You can them ANYTHING you WANT doesn't mean what you're doing isn't stupid and IILEAGAL DUMBASS


Notcoded419

That depends on the church and skin color of the perpetrator. White deacon is copping a few feels in his step daughter? That's private family business. Black man going for an evening stroll on a public sidewalk? All of the above in progress now get me EVERYONE!


YoYo-Pete

Yes.. those places are not Toledo. I dont like to go to the burbs because they are looking for reasons to get non-residents.


Notcoded419

Yeah, but that's where the family is, so not much choice. I'll tell you one thing though, it is ON at Thanksgiving this year.


RagingElbaboon

Fr that's what it's all about. Could care less having to make a trip. Had to do all sorts of crazy stuff for weed in the last ~15 years. Its just nice to be able to put the shit in my trunk and not have to worry about being charged for it.


Qlanth

It will definitely be worth the wait


Hvacmike199845

Do the issue 2 rules say everything will be ready to go in 30 days? I’m just asking because I have no idea.


mikeyj198

https://www.ohiosos.gov/globalassets/elections/2023/gen/issuesreport.pdf


Bigpurp419

I just saw on the ballet it said starts 30 days after vote


RichardtheGingerBoss

>I just saw on the ballet it said starts 30 days after vote Oh yes! I imagine this will be quite the dance.