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Newshawk: Rob Ryan
Webpage: http://drugsense.org/url/xgLEinaX
Pubdate: Tue, 16 Dec 2014
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/aeNtfDqb
Copyright: 2014 Associated Press
Website: http://www.cincinnati.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/86
Author: Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
SHOULD YOU LOSE LICENSE FOR POT POSSESSION?
COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers are taking early steps toward lifting
Ohio's driving penalties for marijuana possession.
A resolution up for a committee vote today declares the Legislature's
opposition to a 1990 federal law that requires a six-month suspension
or revocation of a driver's license after a drug offense conviction.
That's the case even when the violation is a misdemeanor unrelated to
driving, such as being caught with a small amount of marijuana.
Passage of the resolution is the ammunition Gov. John Kasich needs to
request federal clearance for Ohio to opt out of the law, as all but
16 states have already done. Followup legislation would be introduced
once federal approval is granted to change Ohio's possession law.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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