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61 US OH: Dewine Rejects Pot Ballot EffortMon, 21 Mar 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH)          Area:Ohio Lines:29 Added:03/21/2016

Attorney General Mike DeWine has, for a fourth time, rejected one group's effort to get a medical marijuana question on Ohio's ballot.

DeWine said Friday he found at least 11 defects in the latest constitutional amendment proposed by the group Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC.

He says the summary language states that persons over the age of 21 must obtain a registration card or certificate from the group to grow medical marijuana, sometimes called cannabis.

But the amendment itself says all patients over the age of 21 "possess the right to grow medical cannabis."

His office found the summary and full text contained other inconsistent statements.

DeWine's earlier rejections were in July, October and January.

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62 US OH: DeWine Cites Multiple Flaws in Rejecting MedicalSat, 19 Mar 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Johnson, Alan Area:Ohio Lines:43 Added:03/19/2016

Citing 11 separate flaws, Attorney General Mike DeWine today rejected the wording for a proposed medical marijuana constitutional ballot issue.

It was the fourth time DeWine rebuffed the proposed Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment.

The group backing the proposal, Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC, filed more than the minimum 1,000 signatures of registered voters needed to submit language for the proposal amendment, one of several in the works regarding medical marijuana.

However, DeWine found numerous mistakes that caused him to disqualify the proposal as being a "fair and truthful" summary of the proposed amendment.

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63 US OH: Dewine Nixes Medical Pot ProposalMon, 14 Mar 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Johnson, Alan Area:Ohio Lines:44 Added:03/14/2016

Attorney General Noted 3 Errors in the Proposal.

A medical marijuana ballot proposal aiming for the November election was dealt a setback Friday when Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected the petition.

The Marijuana Policy Project, based in Washington, D.C., submitted its petition March 3. The group would have to gather 305,291 signatures of registered voters to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall. The national organization is working through an Ohio affiliate, Ohioans for Medical Marijuana.

After examining the wording of the proposal, DeWine rejected it because of three errors, including a confusion about the number of medical marijuana cultivation facilities. He also found fault with a provision that would prevent marijuana users from being penalized for "operating a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or motorboat while impaired by marijuana." There was also a mistake about the date for obtaining a valid medical marijuana registration card.

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64 US OH: DeWine Rejects Medical Marijuana ProposalSat, 12 Mar 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Johnson, Alan Area:Ohio Lines:45 Added:03/12/2016

A medical marijuana ballot proposal aiming for the November election was dealt a setback Friday when Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected the petition.

The Marijuana Policy Project, based in Washington, D.C., submitted its petition March 3. The group would have to gather 305,291 signatures of registered voters to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall. The national organization is working through an Ohio affiliate, Ohioans for Medical Marijuana.

After examining the wording of the proposal, DeWine rejected it because of three errors, including a confusion about the number of medical marijuana cultivation facilities. He also found fault with a provision that would prevent marijuana users from being penalized for "operating a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or motorboat while impaired by marijuana." There was also a mistake about the date for obtaining a valid medical marijuana registration card.

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65 US OH: Marijuana Push Continues In OhioTue, 08 Mar 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Johnson, Alan Area:Ohio Lines:94 Added:03/08/2016

Issues Proposed for Ballot; Legislative Study Underway.

The push to legalize marijuana isn't going away in Ohio.

Two medical-marijuana issues are proposed for the fall ballot, and the legislature is looking into legislation regarding potential medical uses for pot.

While no one is pitching a for-profit plan for recreational marijuana, as ResponsibleOhio did before Ohio voters dumped it last fall, there might be openings in the new proposals to turn marijuana into cash.

The Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C., group that has been instrumental in the passage of marijuana initiatives in other states, appears to have the proposal with the best organization and funding behind it. If approved, the initiative would allow about 215,000 patients with qualifying medical conditions to use marijuana as prescribed by a doctor; permit patients to grow marijuana for their own use, or buy it from retail dispensaries; restrict the use of marijuana in public places or while driving; and create a state Medical Marijuana Control Division to oversee the system. Ohio would join 23 other states with medical marijuana laws or amendments in place.

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66US OH: Editorial: Put Medical Marijuana Plan On BallotSun, 06 Mar 2016
Source:News Herald (Willoughby, OH)          Area:Ohio Lines:Excerpt Added:03/07/2016

For the second time in two years, Ohio voters might see an issue on the November ballot to legalize marijuana under limited circumstances.

Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project is proposing an amendment to Ohio's constitution that would allow for medical use of marijuana by qualifying patients with debilitating medical conditions. The amendment also would permit the licensed and regulated cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution and dispensing of marijuana for medical use.

The group said its proposal is based on the medical marijuana laws that have been passed in 23 other states and Washington, D.C. MPP is aiming to put the issue in front of Ohio voters in the November election. In order to do so, the group needs to collect 305,591 signatures by July 6.

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67US OH: Another Group Plans Ohio Medical Marijuana Ballot IssueSat, 05 Mar 2016
Source:News Herald (Willoughby, OH) Author:Perlman, Seth Area:Ohio Lines:Excerpt Added:03/06/2016

COLUMBUS (AP) - Another group has announced it's working to get a measure to legalize medical marijuana on the Ohio ballot.

Cleveland.com reports that Grassroots Ohio said Thursday it will submit proposed ballot language to the state attorney general in the next week. The group's one-page constitutional amendment calls for Ohio to tax and regulate medical marijuana and allows those 21 and older to use it with a doctor's permission. A spokeswoman says the group is allowing for the possibility that the Ohio Legislature, which is examining the issue, will legalize medical marijuana.

The Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project on Tuesday announced it will send a detailed ballot initiative to the state that it wants on the November ballot. Medical marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

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68 US OH: After Issue 3 Failure, Efforts Shift Toward MedicalSun, 21 Feb 2016
Source:Morning Journal (Lorain, OH) Author:Cass, Andrew Area:Ohio Lines:200 Added:02/21/2016

In January, ResponsibleOhio co-founder Jimmy Gould said in a news conference that the group would not return this year with another proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana.

ResponsibleOhio was the private group backing Issue 3, which would have legalized the limited sale and use of recreational and medicinal marijuana in Ohio.

Despite Issue 3's failure at the polls last November, the debate over marijuana legalization in Ohio is far from over.

Ohio would have become the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical purposes simultaneously had Issue 3 passed last November.

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69 US OH: Campaign For Legal Pot On HoldSat, 20 Feb 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH)          Area:Ohio Lines:45 Added:02/20/2016

Group Has Trouble Raising Funds to Get Measure on Ballot.

COLUMBUS (AP) - A group that had gathered signatures to put a marijuana legalization proposal before Ohio voters this year said that effort is on hold after it had trouble fundraising for the campaign.

The Legalize Ohio 2016 campaign instead plans to partner with other advocates on efforts to legalize medical marijuana and to reduce criminal penalties for having marijuana, Cleveland.com reported.

Its political action committee, Ohioans to End Prohibition, reported having only $268 at the end of last month. The roughly 80,000 signatures it had collected don't expire and could be used to qualify for a future ballot.

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70US OH: Ohio Medical Marijuana Amendment Details ReleasedTue, 16 Feb 2016
Source:Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) Author:Borchardt, Jackie Area:Ohio Lines:Excerpt Added:02/16/2016

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Marijuana Policy Project has unveiled more details about the medical marijuana amendment planned for Ohio this year. And it has named three Ohioans who will co-chair the campaign.

Language for the constitutional amendment, planned for the November ballot, has not yet been drafted, the president of the national nonprofit said in questions and answers posted on Facebook and sent to cleveland.com Tuesday night. The language will be based off laws in the 23 states where medical marijuana is legal.

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71 US OH: Medical Marijuana Plan For Ohio PitchedTue, 09 Feb 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Bischoff, Laura A. Area:Ohio Lines:54 Added:02/09/2016

Goal Is to Get Funds to Collect Valid Voter Signatures.

A team of veteran political operatives put out a 22-page proposal that offers up its political talent to help weed business interests with deep pockets take a run at putting a medical marijuana question before Ohio voters in November.

Calling itself ARC Reaction, the group includes Democrat Aaron Pickrell, who was a senior policy adviser in the Strickland administration, Republican Mike Hartley, who served as a senior staffer in the Kasich administration, and Democrat Steven Stenberg, a Washington, D.C.-based direct mail and political strategist.

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72 US OH: Task Force Begins Review Of Medical MarijuanaFri, 29 Jan 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Sanner, Ann Area:Ohio Lines:61 Added:01/29/2016

Ohio Group Faces Spring Deadline to Complete Work.

COLUMBUS (AP) - Members of a task force charged with exploring medical marijuana legalization in Ohio expressed a willingness to learn more about the issue as the panel met briefly for the first time on Thursday.

Many task force participants at the Statehouse meeting said they would keep an open mind, though some acknowledged their biases.

"I do come to this room with the very strong feeling that we need a very well thought-out medical marijuana program," said Jimmy Gould, a founding member of a marijuana legalization initiative that voters rejected last fall.

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73 US OH: PUB LTE: Pass Marijuana Legislation In KentuckyMon, 25 Jan 2016
Source:Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) Author:Vance, Thomas Area:Ohio Lines:36 Added:01/25/2016

We are in the midst of a heroin epidemic started when we cracked down on the use of legal use of pain medicine as well as the illegal usage as by restricting a doctor's ability to prescribe pain medicines.

Forcing patients into the illegal market has resulted in soaring opioid use and overdose deaths with our legislators scrambling to get a hold on this self-created disaster.

Overdose deaths are still in the thousands here in Kentucky, and a drop of a single death brings stories of possibly getting a drop of two deaths if we only try harder. Our lawmakers are ignoring legislation that can eliminate as much as 33 percent of these deaths.

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74 US OH: New National Player to Push Medical MarijuanaSat, 23 Jan 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Perkins, William T. Area:Ohio Lines:62 Added:01/24/2016

The start of 2016 brought some changes to the landscape of Ohio's marijuana legalization efforts - including the arrival of a national organization that wants Ohio to be the 24th "medical marijuana state."

That group, The Marijuana Policy Project, announced this week that they are working on an initiative to legalize the drug in Ohio, and looking for an organizer to head up operations in the state. "The 2016 campaign ... is focusing only on medical marijuana, which enjoys a high level of support among Ohio voters," according to the D.C. group's website.

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75 US OH: Tour Seeks Views On Prescription PotWed, 20 Jan 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Siegel, Jim Area:Ohio Lines:71 Added:01/21/2016

Not long ago, majority Statehouse Republicans barely uttered a peep about marijuana legalization.

Now both chambers have appointed special panels to explore the pros and cons of medical marijuana.

Sens. Dave Burke, R-Marysville, and Kenny Yuko, D-Richmond Heights, announced Tuesday they are going on a "listening tour" with stops in Cleveland, Toledo and Cincinnati.

Yuko has advocated for medical marijuana for more than a decade, while Burke said he remains skeptical.

As a pharmacist, Burke said he knows that "All chemicals can cause both harm and benefits, depending on the use." He said he will remain open minded.

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76 US OH: New Effort On Pot LegalizationSat, 16 Jan 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Sanner, Ann Area:Ohio Lines:80 Added:01/17/2016

Group Wants Issue on Fall Ballot. Push Won't Wait to See What State Lawmakers Do.

COLUMBUS (AP) - A group hoping to put a marijuana legalization issue on Ohio's ballot this fall says it won't wait to see if state lawmakers act on medical marijuana and will push ahead with its proposal despite the failure of a separate effort in November.

Jacob Wagner, the cofounder of Ohioans to End Prohibition, said in an interview Friday that his organization remains focused on gathering the more than 305,000 valid signatures needed by July to get its "Cannabis Control Amendment" before voters in the presidential election year.

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77 US OH: Panel To Study Medical Pot IssueFri, 15 Jan 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Bischoff, Laura A. Area:Ohio Lines:74 Added:01/17/2016

Ohio House GOP Announces 14-Member Marijuana Task Force.

COLUMBUS - Doctors, lawmakers, business owners, cops and advocates for legal pot will serve together on a medical marijuana task force and report back to the Ohio House later this year.

House Republicans announced the 14-member task force on Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse. State Rep. J. Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, will serve as chairman of the effort. Included on the panel are attorney Chris Stock and businessman Jimmy Gould, who were major players in the failed Issue 3 campaign last year.

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78 US OH: Legislature To Study Legalizing Medical PotFri, 15 Jan 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Siegel, Jim Area:Ohio Lines:88 Added:01/16/2016

GOP legislators generally opposed legalization, but some now see support growing for medical marijuana.

Two former top leaders of the ResponsibleOhio group that unsuccessfully pushed to legalize marijuana in Ohio in November have now decided to team up with Ohio House leaders to seek a more modest medical-marijuana initiative.

Jimmy Gould, co-founder of ResponsibleOhio, knows his group took the kind of shellacking at the ballot last fall that makes it difficult to just regroup and try again. Instead, he and Chris Stock, a fellow attorney who worked on ResponsibleOhio, joined Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, R-Clarksville, to attempt to implement a level of regulated legalization.

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79 US OH: Ohio Lawmakers Look Into Medical Use Of MarijuanaTue, 12 Jan 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Provance, Jim Area:Ohio Lines:97 Added:01/12/2016

Hearings Across the State to Gauge Ohioans' Feelings.

COLUMBUS - Ohio voters convincingly rejected the marijuana-legalization proposal on November's ballot, but state lawmakers will explore the possibility of allowing the use of pot for medical purposes only.

Multiple polls have shown strong support for the concept of medical marijuana. The Ohio Senate and House will announce as early as this week a series of bipartisan hearings across the state to gauge Ohioans' feelings on what that system might look like.

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80 US OH: LTE: Legal-pot Supporters Just Want To Get HighSat, 09 Jan 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Blank, Janet Area:Ohio Lines:59 Added:01/10/2016

Before medical-marijuana legalization comes to the ballot again, some facts need to be highlighted.

The active ingredient in marijuana, THC or tetrahydrocannabinol, is already available. The prescription drug known as dronabinol - brand name Marinol - contains THC in a standardized, tested and FDAapproved pill form.

It has little demand. Why? Because there are better prescription drugs available for the indicated health problems. In other words, patients have not shown significant benefits from Marinol, especially when taking into account its side effects, which include dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, hallucinations, mood and mental changes, rapid heartbeat, anxiety, paranoia, an exaggerated sense of well-being, nausea, vomiting and stomach and abdominal pain.

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