The Observation Deck

While this issue is regularly Lakewoodites basking in the after glow of another amazing Light Up Lakewood, this issue is also being used to correct some of the loudest, squeakiest, ignorant voices in Lakewood.

YES, YOU CAN SMOKE MARIJUANA IN LAKEWOOD LEGALLY TOMORROW.
Not Council, nor the Mayor took any measures to stop any of that. You can even grow in Lakewood as of the 7th.

The following was written before Senate finalized rules, and was from the working copy. Since then with help from State Senator Antonio, Senate realized to not mess with rules Ohioiand voted for. It will be legal on 7th, 90 days later commercial can open, and medical can sell immediately to recreational users. THC levels was left at 35%, quantities kept, home growing kept, and limit on dispensaries dropped.

EXCEPT - The Republican-run Senate of Ohio will take most of it away today or tomorrow, when they vote on House Bill #86.
It ahould be noted that neither State Senator Nickie Antonio, nor State Rep Skindell are part of the stripping of the law either. In a rushe3d press release State Senator Nickie Antonio warned the voters of the state, we were about to get cheated on the laws.

All that City Council, not the Mayor did, was to put a moratorium on COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, until State Law governing such businesses was voted on by the State—after all it is the State, not the City that controls all of this. This is still a city that prides itself on critical thought, learning and objective fact-based discussions, remember who we are and make sure you have the facts before you raise your voice.

Read my article it will be posted here, and click on the link to the House Bill 86 as it was two days ago. Witness first-hand the work of State Republicans, working overtime to thwart the will of the people. Big dollars are coming from corn lobbyists, the largest lobby against the legalization of Marijuana. Why? Corn is is used in alcohol. It's always about the $$$.

In this issue we also cover all of the holiday magic, and events past, present and future, and have articles and photos of all of them.

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University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health research disclosed; “Any drinking – measured as having “at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage” in the past month – increased by 1.2 percentage points in the first year after recreational cannabis was legalized, but diminished in the following two years. There was no change in binge or heavy drinking in the overall population.”

Marijuana like alcohol is a drug, if abused both can have serious health, family, and social ramifications. Like alcohol, there must be regulations and of course government greed, taxes. Incidentally, by federal law marijuana is still illegal, and I assume you could be arrested possessing, or using it on federal property.

Currently the corn lobby is more concerned about the criticism and cost for the use of ethanol in gasoline. Ethanol manufacturers uses about 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop for ethanol and related co-products, with the majority of the ethanol being consumed in the domestic transportation fuel market.

A study’s research, which was funded in part by the National Wildlife Federation and U.S. Department of Energy, found that ethanol is likely at least 24% more carbon-intensive than gasoline due to emissions resulting from land use changes to grow corn, along with processing and combustion.

Typical of the politicians and greenies rush to tiptoe through the tulips with clean air was fraught with the cloud of ignorance, misinformation, and vested interests, hiding actual cost to the US taxpayers. “According to the Renewable Fuels Association, gasoline refiners and marketers are required to pay the full rate of tax, which is 18.4 cents per gallon on the total gasoline-ethanol mixture, but can claim the 45 cents per gallon tax credit or refund for each gallon of ethanol used in the mixture. The ethanol subsidy benefits multibillion-dollar integrated oil companies such as BP, Exxon, and Chevron.” For every ten gallons of gasoline-ethanol mix pumped in to a vehicles fuel tank costs the US taxpayer, $ 2.96.

Richard Baker wrote:University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health research disclosed; “Any drinking – measured as having “at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage” in the past month – increased by 1.2 percentage points in the first year after recreational cannabis was legalized, but diminished in the following two years. There was no change in binge or heavy drinking in the overall population.”

Marijuana like alcohol is a drug, if abused both can have serious health, family, and social ramifications. Like alcohol, there must be regulations and of course government greed, taxes. Incidentally, by federal law marijuana is still illegal, and I assume you could be arrested possessing, or using it on federal property.

Currently the corn lobby is more concerned about the criticism and cost for the use of ethanol in gasoline. Ethanol manufacturers uses about 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop for ethanol and related co-products, with the majority of the ethanol being consumed in the domestic transportation fuel market.

A study’s research, which was funded in part by the National Wildlife Federation and U.S. Department of Energy, found that ethanol is likely at least 24% more carbon-intensive than gasoline due to emissions resulting from land use changes to grow corn, along with processing and combustion.

Typical of the politicians and greenies rush to tiptoe through the tulips with clean air was fraught with the cloud of ignorance, misinformation, and vested interests, hiding actual cost to the US taxpayers. “According to the Renewable Fuels Association, gasoline refiners and marketers are required to pay the full rate of tax, which is 18.4 cents per gallon on the total gasoline-ethanol mixture, but can claim the 45 cents per gallon tax credit or refund for each gallon of ethanol used in the mixture. The ethanol subsidy benefits multibillion-dollar integrated oil companies such as BP, Exxon, and Chevron.” For every ten gallons of gasoline-ethanol mix pumped in to a vehicles fuel tank costs the US taxpayer, $ 2.96.

Richard

I agree with every word, but the largest anti-pot lobbying group is Corn it might be 1/10th what they spend on ethanol , but it was a lot.

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