Your Issue 1 Story

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Issue 1 is the solution we've been waiting for the Ohio Legislature to enact for decades; however, we no longer have the luxury of waiting for our lawmakers to reform our broken criminal justice system because we are in the midst of addiction and mass incarceration crises.

Issue 1 will:

Reclassify certain fourth and fifth degree drug possessions from felonies to misdemeanors;
Require a series of responses for probation violations such as missing a meeting with a probation officer;
Reward rehabilitation by allowing individuals in prison to earn credits to reduce their sentence by 25%; and
Reinvest money saved from decarcerating prisons into drug treatment and recovery programs.

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How have you been impacted by the criminal convictions of yourself or loved ones?

How have you been impacted by the Opioid crisis?

Why should Ohioans vote Yes on Issue One?

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Your answers to these questions will help us better understand the "War on Drugs" and the impact it has on Ohioans. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Without you, we could not work towards this needed change. This is not an offer of legal assistance, just a request for information. We will contact you only if we need to follow up with you.

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