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Kentucky will help connect patients with medical providers as part of its medical cannabis program
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will offer an online directory to help connect patients with medical providers as it prepares for the start of its medical cannabis program in 2025,… Read More
Ohio regulators say marijuana sellers can’t give out food from an ice cream truck – even if it’s cannabis-free
By: Associated Press
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Handing out food and drinks from an ice cream truck is off limits for marijuana businesses in Ohio, according to state regulators. So is an online… Read More
Ohio’s cannabis dispensaries surpassed $10 million during earliest non-medical sales
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the first week of legal non-medical cannabis sales in Ohio, dispensaries eclipsed $10 million statewide on the recreational side, according to data from the… Read More
State rules leave little room for new marijuana dispensaries in Athens
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens city leaders are considering rules to regulate the number and location of recreational marijuana dispensaries in town. But this may not matter much, at least… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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