“The drug war as it relates to marijuana is a total and complete abject failure. Prohibition doesn’t work, so we need to have a different approach,” said Tom Haren, an attorney for the Ohio Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, whose members brought forth the ballot initiative. L...
Ohio voters approved a measure legalizing recreational marijuana, defying Republican legislative leaders who had failed to pass the proposed law.
Ohio lawmakers are scrambling to write legislation to enact the will of the voters in last month’s overwhelming victory for a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Updated 7:11 AM GMT+8, December 8, 2023 ...
CBS News projects that Ohio's Issue 2, on marijuana legalization, will pass. The issue allows adults over 21 to legally purchase, possess and grow marijuana for recreational use. By Jake Miller https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-2023-live-updates-results-ballot-issues-races/#post-...
"I can't believe I voted 'no' when it was finally on the ballot," said Marty Dvorchak, 62, of the northern Cincinnati suburb of Fairfield. "I think it's ridiculous that marijuana is illegal." University of Cincinnati student Natalie McClorey, 22, said she also didn't like the exclus...
In other cultural flashpoints – including abortion rights and recreational marijuana –supporters put amendments or initiated statutes on the ballot, since the legislature and courts haven’t aligned with the sentiments of most Ohioans. Groups s...
The ballot measure, dubbed Issue 2, passed on the Nov. 7 election with 57 percent of the vote and it set to become law this Thursday, making Ohio the 24th state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. But as a citizen-initiated statute, the Legislature is free to make tweaks ...
Debate to Legalize Marijuana Flares in Ohio ; If Ballot Issue Passes, State Would Go from Ban to Full LegalizationBischoff, Laura A
Here’s how Issue 1 will appear on the Nov. 7 ballot: Recreational marijuana in Ohio: Know before you vote Arguments for and against Issue 1 Voting “yes” on Issue 1 is a vote to add an amendment establishing new protections for reproductive choices to the Ohio Constitution. ...
Young voters were particularly apt to back both measures: Seventy-seven percent of those ages 18-29 were for the abortion referendum and 84% were for legalizing marijuana. While support for the abortion referendum largely split along party lines, independents favored it by a 28-point margin, ...