Issue 3 (For Ohio Residents)

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(11-04-2015, 09:49 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Why NO on 3? I have a serious fundamental problem with people's growing desire to chemically change the way they feel. I look at drug use (and alcohol abuse) as a selfish act that removes someone from their real world responsibilities and life. We as a society have enough forms of recreation to be distracted or waste time. To add another that physically/chemically impairs is just ludicrous to me.

I guess you have a right to feel that way.  Why you feel you should have a right to dictate what other adults choose to do to their bodies is where you lose me.  Drug abuse might be a "selfish" act, but how does making them a criminal for a victimless crime going to improve their situation?  How about getting them some help for their addiction.  And not everyone who uses drugs abuse them.

Quote:I have seen so many friends and people I grew up with become infatuated with getting high that it dominates a lot of their thoughts or activities and, in some cases, it has limited their life's potential. One of my life long best friends started smoking occasionally a few years ago. Now, at 35, he can't go anywhere other than work without being bored or wanting to smoke. He is habitually/mentally addicted. I can't, in good conscience, vote to give that the go ahead as a way of regular life for upcoming generations.

I watch football every Saturday and Sunday and beer commercials dominate the advertising.  How much of our society centers around drinking?  Ever been to a tailgate or a bar on the weekend?  Has alcohol "limited their life's potential".  I'd argue not graduating school has a bigger impact on "life potential".  Should we arrest people who don't take school seriously?  Of course not.  

Quote:Side note: I find it funny that people even need to have weed legalized at this point. CLEARLY... CLEARLY people who want it have very little problem getting their hands on weed. Legalizing seems more like validation or confirmation of the psyche of drug users more than it is about health, wellness, taxes, or availability. Almost as if users need society to tell them it's ok to get F'd up or that we all feel the same pain or struggle with boredom and the desire to feel different.

This is dumb to me.  Say the government arbitrarily criminalized fast food and soda.  If you are still going to eat it, wouldn't you prefer it not be considered a crime for you to do so?

Are you really serious?