At the stroke of midnight, recreational marijuana became legal in Ohio.
Voters approved last month that adults 21 and older are allowed to use and grow cannabis.
However, Ohio Republicans may be putting the brakes on it.
On Monday, Ohio Senate Republicans proposed banning at-home growing, increasing the substance’s tax rate, and altering how those taxes get distributed.
The ballot measure, dubbed Issue 2, passed on the Nov. 7 election with 57% of the vote - but since it is a citizen’s vote, the legislature is allowed to make tweaks to the law.
Many people don’t have the luxury of leaving their support network behind.
Alternatively, I live in Texas and I’m not going be chased out of my home by bigots. I’ll do my part in cancelling out the vote of some racist lunatic. If we all leave it just empowers the people who want us gone anyway.