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A Florida cannabis company is suing an Ohio grower and dispensary in a $23 million suit
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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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 of a proposed law to regulate marijuana like alcohol in Ohio unload a U-Haul truck with hundreds of boxes of petitions to put the statute before voters in November.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-1-e1688592799418-900x422.webp)
Supporters turn in signatures for a marijuana legalization law on the Ohio ballot this fall
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Recreational marijuana backers start a campaign to bring a proposal to Ohio’s fall ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Time is ticking for Ohio lawmakers to act on marijuana legalization to preempt ballot initiative
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The clock is ticking for state lawmakers to pass an initiated statute that would allow marijuana use and sales for anyone over 21 in… Read More
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Legal pot supporters in Ohio see a path forward in 2023
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Pot will not be legalized for personal use in Ohio by the end of this year, but supporters say there are several paths forward… Read More
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Biden to pardon simple federal marijuana possession convictions
By: Ximena Bustillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden on Thursday announced that he is taking executive action to pardon people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law and D.C. statute. The… Read More
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Marijuana use is outpacing cigarette use for the first time on record
By: Ayana Archie | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — More people in the U.S. are now smoking marijuana than cigarettes, according to a Gallup poll. Cigarette use has been trending downward during the past decades,… Read More
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Ohio legal marijuana backers sue over disputed petition deadline
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Supporters of recreational marijuana legalization in Ohio have sued state legislative leaders in an anticipated dispute over whether a referendum can appear on the state ballot… Read More
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Efforts to legalize marijuana in Ohio get new life but faces opposition from top leaders
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Ohio lawmakers are throwing their support behind an initiated statute that would legalize marijuana for Ohioans ages 21 and older — giving new life… Read More
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The next move in the effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine and Republican legislative leaders have said they do not want to pass any of the bills that would legalize marijuana in… Read More
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Republicans and groups friendly to them are at odds over whether to legalize marijuana in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A battle over whether to legalize marijuana is taking shape at the Ohio Statehouse. The lines are being drawn and groups that usually support… Read More
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A group submits petitions asking lawmakers to legalize pot
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group has submitted petitions asking Ohio lawmakers to pass a bill allowing adults to legally use and grow marijuana plants. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana… Read More
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Legislators are on break with legal cannabis issue looming in 2022
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House is on break until after the new year, but there are several issues that lawmakers are expected to tackle when they… Read More
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Republicans Have Offered Their Own Proposal To Legalize Cannabis In Ohio
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House Republicans are introducing a bill to legalize marijuana for personal use for adults ages 21 and up. Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) says this… Read More
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Democrats Sponsor Bill To Legalize, Regulate And Tax Marijuana In Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Democrats are introducing a bill in the Ohio House that would legalize marijuana for personal use beyond the medical use already allowed in law… Read More
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Ohio AG Rejects Petition Language for Recreational Pot Issue
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio attorney general has rejected petition language for a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana. Attorney General Dave Yost said Tuesday the petition submitted… Read More
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New Effort Begun to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau | Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio is underway. The proposal is called the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Amendment. Backers of the measure submitted… Read More
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WATCH: From Marijuana Legalization to Minimum Wage, How State Laws are Changing in 2020
By: PBS Newshour
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Now that 2020 has arrived, scores of new laws are going into effect across the country. From legalization of marijuana and criminal justice reform to raising minimum wage and the… Read More
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In Era of Legal Pot, Can Police Search Cars Based on Odor?
By: Michael Rubinkam | AP
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Sniff and search is no longer the default for police in some of the 33 states that have legalized marijuana. Traditionally, an officer could use the merest whiff of weed… Read More
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Man Calls Police Demanding They Return His Stolen Pot
By: Associated Press
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SHARONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A man confused about Ohio drug laws has called a police department demanding that officers return the small amount of marijuana they “stole” from him. WXIX-TV reports… Read More
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Surgeon General Sounds Alarm On Risk Of Marijuana Addiction And Harm
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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As more than 30 states have liberalized marijuana laws, the use and potency of the drug have increased. The surgeon general says there’s no safe amount of marijuana for adolescents and pregnant women.
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New Hemp Law Doesn’t Make Marijuana Possession Legal But It Is Harder To Prosecute Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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There continue to be concerns by cities and police agencies that they can no longer easily prosecute people who are carrying small amounts of marijuana because of the state’s new… Read More
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Some Say New Hemp Law Makes It Harder To Prosecute Marijuana Possession
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The backer of a new law legalizing hemp and CBD oil in Ohio says law enforcement officials will soon have access to new testing technology that will be able to… Read More
![A bipartisan group of attorneys general is urging Congress to pass legislation that would make it easier for banks to handle money involved in the legal cannabis industry.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ap_204039787656-34c79dedeeb5c01c574732317780b16d67d810f0-e1557412367310-900x422.jpg)
38 Attorneys General Ask Congress To Bring Marijuana Money Into Banking System
By: Laurel Wamsley I NPR
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Most states have legalized marijuana in some form. But federal law still considers it an illegal drug, which exposes banks to legal risk if they handle weed-related money or transactions.
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🔈#457SEO: Can Marijuana Grow the #457SEO’s Economy?
By: WOUB News Team
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Ohio’s medical marijuana program is still in its infancy as dispensaries continue to open their doors. Some around the region are working to make sure the #457SEO gets in on… Read More