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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.
One major flaw cited by DeWine was that the proposal at one point says medical marijuana would be available to those "with a qualified medical condition," but later says anyone "with a disease or pain from a disease" could access marijuana.
DeWine said the wording isn't specific about the fact it would create an entire new state agency, the Ohio Department of Medical Cannabis.
The attorney general also cited problems with language about the appointment process for commissioners overseeing the new agency, signage requirements for marijuana dispensaries, state inspections of marijuana facilities, the ability to grow marijuana at home and rules about transportation of medical marijuana.
DeWine shot down the group's previous submissions on July 29 and Oct. 2 last year and Jan. 22 this year.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: DeWine Cites Multiple Flaws In Rejecting Medical Marijuana Issue
Author: Alan Johnson
Photo Credit: Glen Stubbe
Website: The Columbus Dispatch
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.
One major flaw cited by DeWine was that the proposal at one point says medical marijuana would be available to those "with a qualified medical condition," but later says anyone "with a disease or pain from a disease" could access marijuana.
DeWine said the wording isn't specific about the fact it would create an entire new state agency, the Ohio Department of Medical Cannabis.
The attorney general also cited problems with language about the appointment process for commissioners overseeing the new agency, signage requirements for marijuana dispensaries, state inspections of marijuana facilities, the ability to grow marijuana at home and rules about transportation of medical marijuana.
DeWine shot down the group's previous submissions on July 29 and Oct. 2 last year and Jan. 22 this year.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: DeWine Cites Multiple Flaws In Rejecting Medical Marijuana Issue
Author: Alan Johnson
Photo Credit: Glen Stubbe
Website: The Columbus Dispatch
