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Brandon Moore, a former Morrow County Sheriff's Office deputy, was asked to keep the peace at a disturbance on the east side of Morrow County on Oct. 21, 2010.
"What started as a civil dispute over use of property ... turned into attempted murder where a man tried to take my life and the life of three civilians who were there on the property showing me where marijuana was being cultivated," he said.
A shootout ensued between Moore and marijuana grower Shane Roush. Moore was shot in the groin, rib cage, left leg and foot. Roush was shot twice in the legs.
"At a distance of 186 feet, I and this other man shot it out," he said. "I had a handgun and he had a high-powered rifle."
Roush was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2011 to charges of attempted murder and felonious assault. In 2012, he was sentenced to another 25 years on a federal charge of cultivating marijuana, to be served concurrently.
"That took place because he was, according to what he felt, protecting his marijuana grow," Moore said. "He said in his interrogation that he felt that he was going to lose everything because of this investigation that was taking place, and this was because of illegal marijuana."
Moore, whose career in law enforcement began about 15 years ago in the City of Mansfield, shared this story with Mansfield City Council Tuesday night in an effort to illustrate why he believes Mansfield should consider banning the cultivation, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana within city limits.
"If legalized marijuana were to come to our area, I believe that concerns are rightly placed that illegal marijuana would also prosper," he said. "Availability increases. If we look around, we see youth having pill parties. And they don't go to the corner store and pick those up. They're diverted from people who have rightful prescriptions."
Marijuana, he said, causes slowed reaction time, hallucinations, anxiety and panic attacks, as well as psychosis, according to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |. It can also have long-term effects on cognitive development on people who start using at a young age.
"People like to say that nobody ever died from overdosing on marijuana," he said. "Well, I submit to you that that may be the case, but people still die because of marijuana."
Ben Mutti with the Richland Community Prayer Network joined Moore on Tuesday to present council with a draft resolution that calls for the ban of the cultivation, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana in Mansfield.
"Banning cultivation, processing and dispensing does not relate to the use or possession of medical marijuana by a patient or to a qualified physician's ability to recommend medical marijuana to a patient," he noted.
He said that Franklin, Sandusky, Springfield and Washington townships have passed similar prohibitions.
In June, Ontario City Council approved an ordinance imposing a six-month moratorium on the "acceptance, consideration and/or granting of any applications for local licensing approval, cultivators, processors or retail dispensaries on medical marijuana within the City of Ontario."
A study conducted by the National Institute of Health found that of the states with legalized medical marijuana from 1999 to 2014, have both higher rates of recreational marijuana use and an increased potency of illegal marijuana, Mutti said.
"We believe strongly the black market prospers and crime bosses abound whenever medical marijuana is allowed to be used," he said.
Included in the packet of information he gave council was a letter sent by 70 Richland County pastors who oppose the harvesting and sale of medical marijuana in municipalities and townships within Richland County.
Mansfield resident Deborah Mount said Mansfield already has a drug and crime problem and that she doesn't want it to escalate.
"You all know we have an opioid epidemic that's very severe, and for the most part, it started with legal drugs," she said. "So bear that in mind, even if medical marijuana is legal now, consider what has occurred from legal drugs, what it has resulted in, what people have gone to.
"What will the effect be of allowing even more access?"
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"What started as a civil dispute over use of property ... turned into attempted murder where a man tried to take my life and the life of three civilians who were there on the property showing me where marijuana was being cultivated," he said.
A shootout ensued between Moore and marijuana grower Shane Roush. Moore was shot in the groin, rib cage, left leg and foot. Roush was shot twice in the legs.
"At a distance of 186 feet, I and this other man shot it out," he said. "I had a handgun and he had a high-powered rifle."
Roush was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2011 to charges of attempted murder and felonious assault. In 2012, he was sentenced to another 25 years on a federal charge of cultivating marijuana, to be served concurrently.
"That took place because he was, according to what he felt, protecting his marijuana grow," Moore said. "He said in his interrogation that he felt that he was going to lose everything because of this investigation that was taking place, and this was because of illegal marijuana."
Moore, whose career in law enforcement began about 15 years ago in the City of Mansfield, shared this story with Mansfield City Council Tuesday night in an effort to illustrate why he believes Mansfield should consider banning the cultivation, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana within city limits.
"If legalized marijuana were to come to our area, I believe that concerns are rightly placed that illegal marijuana would also prosper," he said. "Availability increases. If we look around, we see youth having pill parties. And they don't go to the corner store and pick those up. They're diverted from people who have rightful prescriptions."
Marijuana, he said, causes slowed reaction time, hallucinations, anxiety and panic attacks, as well as psychosis, according to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |. It can also have long-term effects on cognitive development on people who start using at a young age.
"People like to say that nobody ever died from overdosing on marijuana," he said. "Well, I submit to you that that may be the case, but people still die because of marijuana."
Ben Mutti with the Richland Community Prayer Network joined Moore on Tuesday to present council with a draft resolution that calls for the ban of the cultivation, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana in Mansfield.
"Banning cultivation, processing and dispensing does not relate to the use or possession of medical marijuana by a patient or to a qualified physician's ability to recommend medical marijuana to a patient," he noted.
He said that Franklin, Sandusky, Springfield and Washington townships have passed similar prohibitions.
In June, Ontario City Council approved an ordinance imposing a six-month moratorium on the "acceptance, consideration and/or granting of any applications for local licensing approval, cultivators, processors or retail dispensaries on medical marijuana within the City of Ontario."
A study conducted by the National Institute of Health found that of the states with legalized medical marijuana from 1999 to 2014, have both higher rates of recreational marijuana use and an increased potency of illegal marijuana, Mutti said.
"We believe strongly the black market prospers and crime bosses abound whenever medical marijuana is allowed to be used," he said.
Included in the packet of information he gave council was a letter sent by 70 Richland County pastors who oppose the harvesting and sale of medical marijuana in municipalities and townships within Richland County.
Mansfield resident Deborah Mount said Mansfield already has a drug and crime problem and that she doesn't want it to escalate.
"You all know we have an opioid epidemic that's very severe, and for the most part, it started with legal drugs," she said. "So bear that in mind, even if medical marijuana is legal now, consider what has occurred from legal drugs, what it has resulted in, what people have gone to.
"What will the effect be of allowing even more access?"
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Mansfield council asked to prohibit medical marijuana in city | News | richlandsource.com
Author: Emily Dech
Contact: Contact Us | Site | richlandsource.com
Photo Credit: Emily Dech
Website: richlandsource.com | Independent local news from Mansfield Ohio and surrounding communities in Richland and Crawford Counties. Local news, sports, business, the arts, education, history, and lots more.
