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After a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in Ohio was quashed in the November election, some voters may have assumed it would take a while to see a marijuana-related issue show up on the ballot again. With Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Ballot Board's...

The Florida Democratic Party has endorsed the 2016 medical marijuana initiative. The state executive committee unanimously backed the resolution during Democratic County Chair Association retreat Saturday. The Florida Democratic Party unanimously supported the amendment in 2014. In the...

Voters this year will again consider whether Florida should join 23 states and legalize full-strength marijuana for medical use. The proposed Amendment 2 won 58 percent of the needed 60 percent voter approval in 2014. This time, backers of the proposed constitutional amendment have the benefit...

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Monday rejected a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution which would attempt to legalize marijuana for medical and industrial use in the state. On March 10th, the Ohio Attorney General's Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution...

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday rejected a medical marijuana legalization amendment proposed by group Grassroots Ohio. Several efforts are underway to legalize marijuana for medicinal use in Ohio this year. This is the third medical marijuana ballot issue DeWine has sent back...

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected the fourth petition for a medical marijuana amendment in the state. The general's office announced the decision Friday. The proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution would attempt to legalize marijuana for medical use. The general's office...

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Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana for medical use on Tuesday expanded the list of qualifying medical conditions in new ballot language. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine last week found three deficiencies with an amendment and summary Marijuana Policy...

Ohioans could vote on dueling medical marijuana measures this fall. A group calling itself Grassroots Ohio is pushing a constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana use for medicinal purposes. But unlike the measure backed by national group Marijuana Policy Project, the...

A medical marijuana amendment has a good chance of passing this year, found a new Florida poll released Tuesday. According to the Public Policy Polling survey, 65 percent of registered voters said they support the medical marijuana constitutional amendment. The survey found 28 percent said...

More than a dozen medical conditions would qualify Ohioans to obtain medical marijuana -- with a physician's approval -- under a proposed constitutional amendment slated for the November ballot. The amendment released Tuesday by the Marijuana Policy Project would allow patients to use...

More than a dozen medical conditions would qualify Ohioans to obtain medical marijuana -- with a physician's approval -- under a proposed constitutional amendment slated for the November ballot. The amendment released Tuesday by the Marijuana Policy Project would allow patients to use...

A policy group that helped advocate for the legalization of marijuana in Washington, D.C., has looked to bring its support to an Ohio amendment that would legalize medical cannabis in the state, the Columbus Business Journal reported Tuesday. While the group, the Marijuana Policy Project, did...

On Wednesday (Feb. 17), Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge approved the popular name of an amendment that would legalize medical marijuana. University of Arkansas law professor Jon Marshfield said the approved description of the proposed amendment would be available to voters if the...

Legislators are once again abdicating their responsibilities on the issue of medical marijuana. Despite widespread public support for the legalization of cannabis for debilitating conditions, lawmakers are failing to consider sweeping medical marijuana legislation and the prospects for a bill to...

It's déjà vu all over again for Florida's controversial medical marijuana amendment, which is back on the ballot in November, two years after it failed, barely, to get the necessary votes. Back then, the measure received 58 percent approval – just short of the 60 percent required for an...

Backers of a Constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida announced late last month they'd secured enough signatures to get the measure on the November ballot. Two years ago, 58 percent of Floridians voted "yes" on a similar amendment. That fell short of the necessary 60...

The new year has brought reasons to celebrate for medical marijuana proponents. A flurry of activity occurred at the end of 2015, including Congressional passage of the Rohrabacker-Farr amendment (H.R. 83, Sec. 538)1 and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) easing restrictions for medical...

Activists are rushing to raise millions of dollars to persuade voters to approve a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana in Florida. Nearly 58 percent of voters approved the amendment in 2014, but that fell short of the required 60 percent. United for Care, the organization...

Medical marijuana is officially on the 2016 ballot. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Ken Detzner certified the medical marijuana initiative as Amendment 2 on the 2016 ballot. "It's official: Medical marijuana is back on the ballot as Amendment 2," said John Morgan, chairman of United for...