[Lnc-business] Medical marijuana in Ohio & 2nd Amendment rights

[Alicia Mattson]

In early 2017 the LNC filed an amicus in a Nevada case on the same general
subject, S. Rowan Wilson v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General,
et al.

-Alicia




On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn <
elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Last week I received an email from one of my Ohio constituents.   He
> wanted to alert people to the legal situation in Ohio which he, and others,
> are being subjected.  His email is below:
>
>
> "Hi Elizabeth,
>
> I feel everyone should be aware of how the republicans are making  guns
> illegal to be owned by law abiding citizens in Ohio. The new medical
> marijuana law in Ohio makes it illegal to own a gun if you get a medical
> marijuana card. I’m not clear on how they intend to enforce this. Whether
> they confiscate guns and throw the person in prison or what. Governor John
> Kacich is someone to be watchful of to say the least.  I have glaucoma, and
> the eye drops that I have pay about $250 a month for don’t always work.
> Kacich is making it so you must give up your constitutional rights as an
> American citizen or he will make you go blind. He can keep the big drug
> companies from losing their monopoly, in this way.
>
> Best regards,
>
> (Name withheld by request)"
>
> ________________________________________
>
> I did some reading on the Ohio laws regarding medical marijuana and gun
> ownership.  Unfortunately, Ohio residents aren't left with good options if
> they wish to avail themselves of medical marijuana and also exercise their
> 2nd Amendment rights.  Here's an article by the Dayton Daily News that
> explains the situation:
>
> http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/state--regional-govt-
> -politics/how-will-ohio-know-gun-owners-don-use-medical-
> pot-the-honor-system/l3cJ2kYisnc0xKc2ZjMNZM/
>
>
> This is an example of why the Libertarian party matters.  We, and all the
> liberty minded people in the US, must continue to fight for people to have
> personal autonomy and the rights of self-ownership.  We're not free people,
> if we're not free to decide what we do with our own bodies, and this
> includes what we ingest, inhale, or inject.  These basic rights of
> self-ownership shouldn't be used to infringe upon enumerated Constitutional
> rights.
>
> --
> Elizabeth Van Horn
> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
> http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>
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