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Clearing up the confusion on Ohio’s marijuana laws
By: Donovan Varney
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — In Ohio, it’s legal to grow, smoke and eat marijuana. But six months after voters legalized recreational marijuana, it’s still illegal to buy it or sell… 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 medical marijuana dispensaries prep for adult-use green light
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans will likely be able to buy recreational marijuana as soon as mid-June, earlier than the timeline outlined by the initiated statute they voted… Read More
![A guest takes a puff from a marijuana cigarette at the Sensi Magazine party celebrating the 420 holiday in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, April 20, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24110015984977-e1713589285951-900x422.jpg)
4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday
By: Gene Johnson | AP
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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
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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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Rules for Ohio’s pending adult-use cannabis program moving ‘quickly’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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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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2023 year in review: Higher ed plan, marijuana changes among Ohio bills that did not pass
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![Ohio Senate President Huffman talking to reporters November 15, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-22-e1700159291524-900x422.webp)
What efforts are Ohio lawmakers making to determine what voters want when it comes to legal marijuana?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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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
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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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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
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DeWine weighs in on abortion and marijuana with Ohio’s election in the rearview
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![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)
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
![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
![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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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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Controversy is expected at panel to determine the language for issues on Ohio’s November ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Marijuana legalization supporters say DeWine’s opposition is the same tired talking points
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Political experts weigh in on how abortion and marijuana on the same ballot might affect outcomes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Ohio will vote on a proposed law to legalize recreational marijuana in November
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Group behind marijuana legalization proposal submits what it hopes will be enough signatures for ballot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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A campaign to ask Ohio voters to legalize recreational cannabis falls short — for now
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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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