On Tuesday November 2, 2015 Ohio voters have the chance to end the prohibition of cannabis (Marijuana) and legalize for the ability for anyone 21 and up to grow up to four flowering plants, purchase cannabis, consume cannabis, start small businesses for the manufacture of and sale of products for the use of cannabis. 1159 shops will be allowed to open, a $24M International Cannabinoid Research Facility is seeking a home in Ohio to advance the science and research because of Ohio voting to amend their constitution. This ballot amendment is referred to as Issue 3. Sponsored by ResponsibleOhio it was put into motion be a group of 50 investors to open 10 competing grow facilities for the first four years of the change in law. These ten facilities would compete to supply enough cannabis for all 1159 shops. These facilities will sublease to small growers in Ohio, allowing for boutique grows. Ohio voters and longtime grassroots supporters of cannabis are opposed to this oligopoly and see it as a free market issue, voting to choose to continue prohibition and the black market, rather than have government regulations stop the ability for anyone wanting to start their own grow facility like Colorado currently has. This very controversial subject has divided many, waiting for the day they can see prohibition end AND have a free and open market. Many compare it to growing tomatoes, but tomatoes were never a schedule 1 controlled substance that will still be banned federally after the vote for or against Issue 3. This podcast was recorded at Keller Law Offices on Thursday October 29th at the weekly Greenfight meeting. We featured many different people at this meeting, which were pro Issue 3. I had my friend and fellow podcrafter Drew Sample of the Sample Hour podcast, who is opposed to Issue 3 to submit questions for the podcast. The Podcast itself is about and 1 hour 30 minutes. The rest is many different sound clips pulled from Youtube pertaining to the views of cannabis during the height of the â??War on Drugsâ?? during the Reagan era to current Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. I am supporting Issue 3 but understand why you would not be. In my scales of justice, prohibition is a bigger threat to freedom and a bigger moral issue than oligopoly. Producer and Host of Gem City Podcast Izzy Rock Greenfight http://www.greenfightohio.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GreenFightOhio/info/?tab=page_info http://www.marijuanadefensecounsel.com/ http://www.marijuanadefensecounsel.com/activist-links.html Issue 3 http://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative,_Issue_3_(2015) Vote NO on Issue 2 no matter where you stand http://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Initiated_Monopolies_Amendment,_Issue_2_(2015) http://yeson3ohio.com/ Clips stating at 1:30 are found here President Reagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWS7udm0yg President Obama on Vice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMQDQl0ZQv8 Rep Jared Polis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogluk4VjPiM Rep Steve Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOU_3wsc35s Bernie Sanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ACdp8HCGg http://gemcitypodcast.com/ iTunes- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gem-city-podcast/id646008927?mt=2 Stitcher- http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/eric-ruiz/gem-city-podcast Twitter- https://twitter.com/GemCityPodcast Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/GemCityPodcast YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGemCityPodcast Instagram- https://instagram.com/gemcitypodcast/ Podcast produced by Izzy Rock Follow me on social media @TheIzzyRock https://twitter.com/TheIzzyRock https://www.facebook.com/TheIzzyRock https://www.facebook.com/TalesFromTheHardsidePodcast Email and Booking: theizzyrock@gmail.com and izzy@gemcitypodcast.com Website:http://www.theizzyrock.com/ Call the voicemail: 937-265-2024