Peter B. Lewis, noted billionaire and ganja enthusiast, isn’t alone in his desire to see the voting populace decide whether medical marijuana should be legal in the great Buckeye State.
A new group went public last week with plans to get the issue on Ohio ballots. A “core group of patients” (cough, cough) wants to legalize purchases of up to 3.5 ounces of the green stuff and growing up to 12 plants for “personal use.” They call it the “Ohio Alternative Treatment Amendment.”
The group’s first task was to amass the 1,000 signatures needed to earn a read-through of the proposal from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. This did not go as planned.
Of the 2,143 signatures submitted to DeWine, only 534 were deemed valid. The remaining Cheetos-stained pages were bounced over a technicality.
Group spokesman Ryan Maitland says it takes only a couple weekends to collect the needed signatures. He expects to have to do it four or more times before the group earns DeWine’s approval.
Besides, they’ve still got some time to burn: The desired legislation won’t hit any ballots before 2012.
This article appears in Aug 3-9, 2011.
So how about a link to a site where we can add our signatures?
It’s a physical petition, but you can check out OhioCMC on Twitter or Facebook for more information. Not sure I’m allowed linking here, but you should know what to do with the “OhioCMC” part.
I really take offense at your unnecessary remarks. I hope you and your loved ones never encounter a disease that you have to take narcotics that are much harder on your system because cannibas is illegal. One day you or someone you love may be faced with this decision. I hope you remember your obvious disdain if and when you do, because you obviously have no experience with pain management, nor do have you spoken to any doctors about the benefitis of medicinal marijuana. It is not just for smoking anymore!
Yeah those jokes are really funny to the sick and suffering patients that want an alternative to the horse shit you all call medication. “Cheetos stained pages” I’ll guess that is a remark to the “munchies,” who said you have to be a stoner to sign a petition that will help patients get organic medication that has never caused a death in thousands of years. That little bottle of Tylenol in your medicine cabinet kills 450 people a year. Think and do some research before you talk shit.