Organizers will need to collect approximately 250,000 signatures from Ohio voters to place the referendum before voters in November.
Region: Columbus
Activists now have the option of revising and resubmitting their petition for reconsideration.
Members of a legislative conference committee approved and advanced a negotiated version of Senate Bill 56, which makes numerous changes to the state’s voter-approved adult-use marijuana legalization law.
“This bill is a slap in the face to the millions of Ohioans who voted in favor of Issue 2. Once again, politicians are arrogantly trying to claim that the public didn’t know what they were voting for.”
NORML has generated over 17,000 messages to lawmakers opposing the bill.
Investigators concluded, “The hypothesis that more liberal marijuana policies will lead to dangerous driving conditions was not corroborated by our analysis.”
“The rate of ∆8-THC exposures reported to poison control centers was significantly lower among states … where cannabis use was legal,” the study’s authors concluded.
Nearly 100 retailers began engaging in adult-use cannabis sales this week.