Ohio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do so November 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohio voters approved a measure legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, defying Republican legislative leaders who had failed to pass the proposed law. Passage of Issue 2 makes Ohio the 24th state to allow adult cannabis use for non-medical purposes. “Marijuana… Read More→
Ohio voters weigh weed legalization November 6, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Polling suggests the Buckeye State will become the 24th to legalize marijuana use for adult Ohio voters appear poised to back recreational marijuana legalization on Tuesday, nearly a decade after they rejected a similar ballot measure. Recent polls have found… Read More→
Marijuana legalization would add $260M to Ohio economy, study predicts November 1, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Despite what some of the truest of believers might contend, legalization of marijuana would come with costs to Ohioans. But an economic analysis that was released last week found that the benefits would outweigh those costs by a quarter-billion dollars… Read More→
Passing Issue 2 doesn’t come with protections for employees who use recreational marijuana in Ohio October 26, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Passing Issue 2 does not give employees a free pass to go to work under the influence of marijuana. “Employers can still have a drug testing policy, a zero tolerance policy,” said Michael Griffaton, an attorney at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease… Read More→
Ohio ranks as 6th cheapest state for medical marijuana, study says October 24, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohio has some of the cheapest medical marijuana prices in the country, according to a new study. Leafwell, a medical marijuana card service and research group, analyzed over 130,000 menu items at medicinal marijuana dispensaries across the United States to find which… Read More→
Struggling marijuana industry hoping for Ohio’s Issue 2 to help boost bottom line October 19, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Early this week, Jim Hagedorn, CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro, showed visitors around the company's hemp center in Marysville, a series of grow rooms featuring a meticulous variety of plants, lights, humidity and soil conditions offering a controlled experiment to determine… Read More→
Ohio Voters May Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use for Adults October 11, 2023 Lloyd Pierre-Louis Ohio 0 Comments By Lloyd Pierre-Louis and Steven E. Glista, Dickinson Wright PLLC Between October 11 and November 7, 2023, Ohio voters will decide whether to approve Issue 2 – a voter-initiated law “To Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize and Tax the Adult Use of… Read More→
Voters to decide on legalizing recreational marijuana in Ohio October 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Voters will decide in the upcoming election whether to legalize recreational marijuana for use by those at least 21 years old in Ohio. The proposal would allow those adults to buy and possess 2.5 ounces of cannabis and 15 grams… Read More→
Ohio GOP leaders don’t like recreational marijuana. What happens if voters say yes to it? September 19, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohio's top Republican leaders haven't been shy about their opposition to recreational marijuana. "There are a lot of people who don't do something because it's illegal, believe it or not, and if it's more accessible to whoever's going to buy it, it's… Read More→
What Ohioans need to know about November ballot issue to legalize recreational marijuana September 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohio voters will decide in November whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana. The proposal from the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol would establish a new government program with rules for buying, selling, smoking and growing adult-use cannabis. The Nov. 7 ballot… Read More→
Ohio Republicans split on marijuana legalization and could repeal proposal the day after it passes August 23, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans are divided on the effort to legalize marijuana for recreational use in the state. Just because they belong to the same party doesn't mean they have to agree on everything — which is exactly what… Read More→
Ohio effort to legalize recreational marijuana gets enough signatures for November ballot August 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 1 Comment Marijuana legalization will be on the ballot in Ohio in November, the secretary of state’s office confirmed Wednesday. Petitioners submitted 127,772 signatures from all over Ohio to qualify for November a referendum to legalize the growing and sale of marijuana to people… Read More→
A campaign to ask Ohio voters to legalize recreational marijuana falls short — for now July 25, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 1 Comment COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal to legalize adult use of marijuana in Ohio narrowly fell short Tuesday of the signatures it needed to make the fall statewide ballot. Backers will have 10 days, or until Aug. 4, to gather… Read More→
Ohio State Medical Board rejects autism, OCD for medical marijuana uses July 17, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments The State Medical Board of Ohio on Wednesday rejected adding autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder to the list of qualifying conditions doctors are permitted to recommend for treatment with medical marijuana, only approving adding irritable bowel syndrome. “The available scientific evidence… Read More→
Does Ohio have too much marijuana? Medical cannabis industry wary of growth as demand lags July 13, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 1 Comment Ohio patients say medical marijuana in the state still costs too much when they can get it at half the cost in Michigan. Inside a large, pristine facility at Buckeye Lake, PharmaCann is growing just under 25,000 square feet of… Read More→