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4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday
SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in… Read More
Ohio’s legislature won’t take on marijuana law tweaks: ‘There’s just not that consensus’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With adult-use marijuana sales in Ohio on track to start in early fall, the window for state lawmakers to retool the state’s pending recreational program… Read More
Rules for Ohio’s pending adult-use cannabis program moving ‘quickly’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Administrative rulemaking for the state’s pending recreational marijuana program is moving full steam ahead, one industry trade association says, with sales likely to start… Read More
Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than half a century, Ohio was one of the most important states to watch during presidential election years, a place where both parties competed… Read More
2023 year in review: Higher ed plan, marijuana changes among Ohio bills that did not pass
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When the mid-term General Assembly went home for the holidays, lawmakers left behind hundreds of bills to deal with in the new year: in… Read More
What efforts are Ohio lawmakers making to determine what voters want when it comes to legal marijuana?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio legislature will go on holiday break without passing rules to implement the voter-approved statute that legalizes marijuana, which took effect Dec. 7…. Read More
The marijuana industry is watching for changes to Ohio’s recreational law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the possession, use and home growth of marijuana legal as of Thursday morning for Ohioans who are 21 and older, those in the cannabis industry… Read More
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio, but legislators could still modify the details
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Possession, use and home growth of recreational marijuana is legal in the Buckeye state as of midnight Thursday, but legislators can still and likely will… Read More
A GOP rep who supports legal marijuana in Ohio has his own plan to implement Issue 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a new bill in the Ohio House to implement the marijuana law voters approved in November. This bill is sponsored by a Republican lawmaker who has… Read More
Republican senators propose extensive changes to the recreational marijuana program
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just days until recreational marijuana would be legal in Ohio, Republican state senators have unveiled what they want to see modified within the state’s… Read More
Exit polls showed independent voters decided Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issues 1 and 2 passed with almost the same margins on Tuesday. But Issue 2 – legal marijuana – won in 40 counties, and… Read More
DeWine weighs in on abortion and marijuana with Ohio’s election in the rearview
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine weighed in Thursday on Issues 1 and 2 during his first public appearance after the passage of the statewide ballot measures,… Read More
Voters approve Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans have passed Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana, becoming the 24th state to legalize and regulate the growing, manufacturing, testing and sale of pot… Read More
Prosecutors urge Ohioans to reject Issue 2 for reasons that supporters say are “out of touch”
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Issue 2, the proposal that would legalize and tax marijuana use and sale for Ohioans over 21, say there are many problems… Read More
Prosecutors urge Ohioans to reject Issue 2 for reasons that supporters say are “out of touch”
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Issue 2, the proposal that would legalize and tax marijuana use and sale for Ohioans over 21, say there are many problems… Read More
Early votes in Ohio’s Nov. 7 election on reproductive rights and marijuana are up over August’s vote
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just over a week of early voting left before election day on Nov. 7, the numbers are ahead of where they were for the… Read More
Controversy is expected at panel to determine the language for issues on Ohio’s November ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board, the panel that determines the language voters see on their ballots, meets Thursday afternoon, and those involved in the process… Read More
Marijuana legalization supporters say DeWine’s opposition is the same tired talking points
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is coming out strongly against the proposed citizen-initiated marijuana legalization statute that voters will decide in November. “It would be a mistake. And… Read More
Political experts weigh in on how abortion and marijuana on the same ballot might affect outcomes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters will decide two controversial issues on the ballot in November — whether to pass a law to legalize marijuana and whether to… Read More
Ohio will vote on a proposed law to legalize recreational marijuana in November
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana with a proposed law to regulate it like alcohol on the November 7 ballot. The… Read More
Group behind marijuana legalization proposal submits what it hopes will be enough signatures for ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The group that wants Ohio voters to legalize marijuana on the November ballot was short signatures when it filed petitions last month. The group… Read More
A campaign to ask Ohio voters to legalize recreational cannabis falls short — for now
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal to legalize adult use of cannabis in Ohio narrowly fell short Tuesday of the signatures it needed to make the fall statewide ballot. Backers… Read More
A Florida cannabis company is suing an Ohio grower and dispensary in a $23 million suit
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — A Florida-based medical cannabis company is suing an Ohio grower and distributor in a $23 million lawsuit filed last week in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. In… Read More
Supporters turn in signatures for a marijuana legalization law on the Ohio ballot this fall
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio secretary of state’s office was busy Wednesday as petitions were filed to put a constitutional amendment on abortion rights before voters in… Read More
Recreational marijuana backers start a campaign to bring a proposal to Ohio’s fall ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposed law to legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol in Ohio could be on the ballot this fall. State legislators declined an… Read More