Cannabis in Ohio

The Ohio Ballot Board approved ballot language on Thursday for a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana that will go before voters on November 7. The proposed marijuana law will be known as State Issue 2. If passed, the statute would legalize, regulate and tax adult-use marijuana in addition...

After cannabis legalization advocates submitted sufficient signatures to get the issue on the November ballot, Ohio's Republicans came out swinging…at each other. "It would be a mistake," said Governor Mike DeWine.  "This product has been developed and...

Ohio's Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) submitted 222,198 signatures on Wednesday for a proposed law allowing adults to buy, possess and grow cannabis. Advocates have been working for over a year to put the proposal before voters as Republican leaders have refused to...

Ohioans could be voting to legalize recreational marijuana later this year though there are some obstacles to clear in order to get the proposal on the November ballot. But optimism is running high.  The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol has a proposal that would...