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North York Borough next month could join the ranks of Pennsylvania municipalities that have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. To date York, Harrisburg, and Lancaster are among jurisdictions that have done so.Joel Bissell | Jbissell@mlive.com
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Over the last several days, we’ve looked at some interesting people from Alabama’s history. Today, we’re looking at an interesting event and one that – at least in part – will be recreated this weekend.
The city of Madison in Madison County is celebrating what it calls “Christmas Capers” Saturday at 4 p.m. The quaint downtown area of this booming city will be transformed into what organizers call a “winter wonderland” during this time that will include the throwing of rubber chickens off a roof. Why you ask?
According to organizers, during the Great Depression, a Madison man by the name of Doc Hughes started a tradition of throwing live chickens off his drug store roof. The birds, which would sometimes take flight and prompt a chase, were marked with a tag that was redeemable for a prize within the store. Seems awfully close to a famous WKRP in Cincinnati episode to me.
The chickens didn’t only come with a prize – they were the prize. It was the Depression after all, and a chicken meant dinner for many. The event stopped at Holladay’s death in the 1970s but was revived in 2019 for the city’s 150th anniversary.
And, since the Madison Station Historic Preservation Society can’t throw live chickens, they’ve opted for the next best thing with Holladay’s grandson tossing rubber chickens off the top of his old drug store. Catch and chicken and win a prize. As far as I know, it’s the only chicken-throwing Christmas event in Alabama.
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It’s a 10-hour, two-meal round-trip drive to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to buy marijuana for some folks.
But the pot pilgrims don’t mind. It’s a pretty drive.
Surrounded by vast fields of grass and fall-colored trees offsetting green pines on a recent October day, two middle-aged Minnesotans wearing jeans walked out of Glazed and Confused, one of the only businesses in Mastodon, a 700-person U.P. town along the Wisconsin border.
An occasional semi blows by on U.S. 2. One of the two men is carrying a box. Inside are sealed bags of commercial cannabis flower and THC vaping cartridges worth hundreds of dollars.
The family owned “Glazed and Confused” recreational marijuana store in Mastodon Township sits along U.S. 2 less than a mile from the Wisconsin border, where marijuana is illegal. Where the road curves at the top of the image is where Wisconsin begins. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)
“It’s closer than Colorado,” said one of the gravelly-voiced men. The two don’t want to share their names. The plant’s historically bad reputation lingers despite it being legal in Michigan since 2018 and since August in their home state of Minnesota, where shops aren’t expected to open until 2025.
The men represent the target market for Michigan marijuana stores sprouting up along the fringes of the western U.P. — out-of-staters.
Weed has become a big business along the border. There’s a battle for market share and large quantities of commercial marijuana entering neighboring…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Gov. Mike DeWine said that he and legislative leaders met on Monday to discuss what changes to make to Issue 2, a recreational marijuana legalization law passed by voters last week.
DeWine, speaking with reporters at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, declined to say exactly what proposed changes he discussed with Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens and Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman during a breakfast meeting. But he indicated that they didn’t bring up any proposals that they previously didn’t air in public after Issue 2′s passage.
“I don’t think there’s any surprises out there,” said DeWine, a Republican who last week said he wants to enact marijuana restrictions intended to prevent accidental ingestion, public use, driving while intoxicated and advertising. He also said he wants lawmakers to lift existing criminal penalties for marijuana possession to avoid public confusion.
Huffman, a Lima Republican, has expressed interest in raising the 10% sales tax on marijuana created by Issue 2, as well as lowering the maximum amount of THC that marijuana products can contain. Stephens, a Lawrence County Republican, has suggested lawmakers would divert some marijuana tax money toward county jail construction and law-enforcement training.
“I don’t think any of the things that I have suggested that we do really flies in the face of the spirit of what people were voting for,” DeWine said Monday. “I truly believe that most people went in (to…
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – For those of us who believe the government should not be able to force pregnancy upon people, tension knots are slowly untangling, and the win is sinking in.
Issue 1, the constitutional amendment guaranteeing reproductive rights, passed by a significant statewide margin, making the majority a definitive voice.
Issue 2, the initiated statute to legalize recreational marijuana, had even wider support, showing both Republicans and Democrats believe in enjoying life with a little sunshine in their pockets. Cool.
So why are state-level Republicans already planning how to dilute the majority decisions that we, the people, just made?
Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens and Senate President Matt Huffman made statements after the two issues were called. They conveyed that they and their Republican peers, who make up the current majority in the Ohio legislature, will find ways to undermine what Ohio voters decided on both issues.
Wait. What?
And here I believed ballots gave voters the last word on a topic. You know, majority rule and all. Silly me. But seriously, who are these people, and are they bonkers?
Cleveland.com reporter Zachary Smith’s analysis showed how each Ohio county voted for Issue 1 and Issue 2. The two maps are almost identical and strongly mimic the outcome map of the special election in August.
The four largest counties, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton and Summit, where a combined 70.4% of voters supported Issue 1, led the state in getting it passed….
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