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YES! An Act to Control and Regulate Adult Use Cannabis

December 18, 2023

Another WIN! Issue 2 to Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize and Tax the Adult Use Cannabis will become law in Ohio on December 7, 2023, thirty days after the November 7th General Election. Issue 2 won statewide by 56.97% YES and 43.03% NO.

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It is apparent the Ohio Republicans can’t agree on what to change on Issue 2.
SB86 was passed by the Senate on December 6, 2023.
The House has HB341  and HB354.
However, the General Assembly has adjourned for the rest of the year,
leaving Issue 2 as passed at this point – and in limbo.

Stay informed on what the Ohio Republicans plan even though voters
overwhelmingly passed the new law this past November 7, 2023 – General Election.

  • Gov. DeWine: Medical dispensaries could have been ready to sell recreational marijuana by January if House had acted | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock | 12.16.2023
  • Ohio Senate eyes changing the new marijuana legislation law by early December | cleveland.com | Jeremy Pelzer and Laura Hancock | 11.15.2023
  • Ohio voters approved a new recreational marijuana law. Why can the Legislature change it? | Dispatch.com | Haley BeMiller | 11.30.2023
  • New bill by Ohio Republican lawmaker would change Ohio’s marijuana law | Ohio Capital Journal | Megan Henry | 12.01.2023
  • Ohio senators want to make major changes to marijuana law OK’d by voters, ax home grow | Cincinnati Enquirer | Jessie Balmert | 12.04.2023
  • GOP lawmakers in House, Senate divided on allowing Ohioans to grow marijuana at home | Cincinnati Enquirer | Jessie Balmert | 12.05.2023
  • Sneaky Ohio Republican senators disrespect voters with rushed marijuana amendment | Columbus Dispatch | Amelia Robinson | 12.05.2023
  • Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio. Here’s what you need to know | Dispatch.com | Haley BeMiller | 12.07.2023
  • Commentary: Ohio Senate’s pot shots at the people’s will | Cleveland.com | Thomas Suddes | 12.10.2023
  • Gov. DeWine: Medical dispensaries could have been ready to sell recreational marijuana by January if House had acted | Cleveland.com | Laura Hancock | 12.16.2023

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The Act would enact Chapter 3780 (“Chapter”) of the Ohio Revised Code regarding adult use cannabis control to authorize and regulate the cultivation, processing, sale, purchase, possession, home grow, and use of adult use cannabis by adults at least twenty-one years of age (“adult use consumers”).

  • Summary and Full Text (PDF)
  • Ballot Board Certification Letter August 30, 2021 (PDF)
  • Attorney General Certification Letter September 3, 2021 (PDF)
  • Unique Supplemental Petition Form January 3, 2022 (PDF)
  • Unique Supplemental Petition Form July 25, 2023 (PDF)

ARTICLES:

  • Ohio recreational marijuana issue to go before voters in November | The Dispatch | Haley BeMiller Cincinnati Enguirer | 8.16.2023
  • See who is opposing the effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio | The Dispatch | Jessie Balmert
    Cincinnati Enquirer | 8.15.2023

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