Updated Update:At least one effort to legalize medical pot in Ohio is moving forward. On Friday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine approved ballot language and validated 1,000 initial signatures for the “Alternative Treatment Amendment.” If the group finds enough money to canvass the state for an additional 380,000 or so signatures, the measure will be on the November, 2012 ballot.
This was the second try for the Alternative Treatment Amendment. Back in August, the attorney general rejected the proposal for lack of proper signatures.
Last month DeWine rejected ballot language for the competing Ohio Medical Cannabis Act amendment which would have allowed patients to have twice the pot and twice the plants. The attorney general said supporters failed to adequately explain everything in the amendment summary that voters would read.
It appears likely that the group behind the Ohio Medical Cannabis Act will drop their effort. Supporters have reported no efforts to refile petitions and group spokeswoman Theresa Daniello told Scene they “have no comment at this time.”
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This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2011.
Imagine,If they legalize pot,They could tax it like tobacco and some!
The govt. would make billions upon billions from the tax and also save billions by not having to worry with pot smugglers but concentrate on the coke and other exotic drugs that aren’t coming in
such bulk.The smugglers seem to get caught more often with manufactured drugs while crossing the border.
it’ll never happen in ohio. we’re too backwoods, we’re too old and we’re too afraid of the unknown. the sad reality is we’re having a conversation about ‘medical’ marijuana, as if the government has a right to legislate consumption of products. This is a cash crop. No one is making tree bark illegal because it doesn’t threaten Merck. This country is shit.