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Ohio lawmakers haven’t forgotten about changing recreational marijuana law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some of Ohio’s medical marijuana dispensaries are likely days away from the government green light to sell recreationally, after they submitted the dual license… Read More
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Applications coming in for Ohio medical marijuana shops that want to sell recreational pot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Medical marijuana dispensaries in Ohio that want to sell to recreational users can now apply for dual licenses. That brings the state closer to… Read More
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Ohio’s legislature won’t take on marijuana law tweaks: ‘There’s just not that consensus’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Samantha Hendrickson | AP/Report for America
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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
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The marijuana industry is watching for changes to Ohio’s recreational law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![A "Yes on Issue 2" sign sits on the side of the road.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/download-32-e1701966722508-900x422.webp)
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
![Ohio House Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord), a supporter of legalized marijuana, talks to reporters about his own plan to implement the new marijuana initiative approved by voters](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/download-31-e1701850708794-900x422.webp)
A GOP rep who supports legal marijuana in Ohio has his own plan to implement Issue 2
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![Marijuana plants sit under LED lights inside the Veg Room, in Eastlake, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AP_18275415718749-e1547060267555-900x422.jpg)
Republican senators propose extensive changes to the recreational marijuana program
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Lawmakers still plan changes before Issue 2’s recreational marijuana law takes effect next week
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s new recreational marijuana passed by nearly 57% of Ohio voters takes effect next Thursday. Republican lawmakers have said they want to tweak… Read More
![Rep. Juanita Brent speaks at a podium with a group of people behind her.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-25-e1701058962790-900x422.webp)
One lawmaker is wary of some proposed Issue 2 tweaks: ‘We need people who are involved’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate leaders have said they should be able to find common ground on modifications to Issue 2, which legalizes adult-use recreational marijuana, but… Read More
![A leaf from a cannabis plant is held in someone's hand](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/marijuana-1-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s Senate may make the first move on package of recreational marijuana modifications
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said Tuesday the chamber is on board with Gov. Mike DeWine’s pitch to modify the recreational marijuana initiated statute… Read More
![Rep. Cindy Abrams proposes diverting some marijuana tax revenue toward police training during a press conference in November 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-2-1-e1700076421198-900x422.webp)
Lawmaker wants some of Ohio’s Issue 2 marijuana revenue put toward police training
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two-year state budget included $80 million to fund local police training, but when that runs out, Rep. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) wants to permanently finance… Read More
![Supporters of Issue 1, an amendment to guarantee abortion and reproductive rights in Ohio's constitution, cheer as the race is called.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-6-e1699913116596-900x422.webp)
Redistricting proposal backers say Ohio lawmakers’ reaction to Issue 1 shows need for change
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a proposal to change the way the state does redistricting point out that since Ohio voters approved an amendment to enshrine abortion… Read More
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Exit polls showed independent voters decided Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![Marijuana plants sit under LED lights inside the Veg Room, in Eastlake, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AP_18275415718749-e1547060267555-900x422.jpg)
What tweaks could Ohio lawmakers make to the recreational marijuana law?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters decided Tuesday to legalize adult-use recreational marijuana by a 14-point margin. But the General Assembly will have the last word on what becomes law regarding… Read More
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How did your county vote on Issue 1 and Issue 2?
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Voters in Ohio passed both Issue 1 and Issue 2 during Tuesday night’s General Election, according to unofficial results. Issue 1 enshrines abortion and reproductive rights into… Read More
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Voters approve Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Here’s where you can find unofficial results for Ohio’s 2023 General Election as they come in
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Voters will decide a constitutional amendment on abortion and reproductive rights and a law on legalizing recreational marijuana for Ohio’s 2023 Election Day. To see unofficial… Read More
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Ohioans will decide on a recreational marijuana law today
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights on next week’s ballot is getting most of the attention and money, the second question is a… Read More
![Voters line up in Columbus at Franklin County's early voting center on the first day of early in-person voting for the August special election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-1-1-e1689194697607-900x422.webp)
Early turnout for Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana issues outpaces early vote in August
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — County boards of elections closed their early voting centers after the only weekend of voting to prepare for the Ohio Election Day on Tuesday,… Read More
![A woman holds out pamphlets promoting issue 2. She is surrounded with "Yes" signs for issue 2.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/apissue2-e1699212667353-900x422.png)
Ohio will vote on marijuana legalization. Advocates say there’s a lot at stake
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters in Ohio will decide next week whether to legalize recreational marijuana, but people on both sides of the issue say more hangs in the balance… Read More
![A green sign on the left supports Issue 1 and a red sign on the right opposes issue 2](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-9-1-e1698329332635-900x422.webp)
Prosecutors urge Ohioans to reject Issue 2 for reasons that supporters say are “out of touch”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Prosecutors urge Ohioans to reject Issue 2 for reasons that supporters say are “out of touch”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![A poll worker helps a voter to a machine at Franklin County's early voting center in Columbus on Sunday, March 15. In-person voting for the March 17 primary was cancelled the next day and the mail-in deadline was extended to April 28.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3537-e1592363438992-900x422.jpeg)
Early votes in Ohio’s Nov. 7 election on reproductive rights and marijuana are up over August’s vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Issue 2 backers launch an ad campaign for legal marijuana using the Ohio-Michigan rivalry
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The campaign to pass Issue 2, the law on the November ballot to legalize marijuana sales and use for Ohioans over 21, has been… Read More