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The only group actively collecting signatures to put a marijuana legalization measure on the Ohio ballot this year has paused its campaign.
Instead, the Legalize Ohio 2016 campaign will work with Marijuana Policy Project on its medical marijuana measure and with marijuana activists trying to reduce criminal penalties for marijuana possession.
The campaign told supporters Wednesday that is could not raise the money for a successful ballot measure campaign. Its political action committee, Ohioans to End Prohibition, reported having only $268 in the bank at the end of January.
Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use -- all had a medical marijuana system in place before voters approved recreational use. Legalize Ohio 2016 spokesman Michael Hiles said Ohio probably isn't ready for a recreational measure.
Hiles said the group's Cannabis Control Amendment was drafted last year in response to another recreational marijuana measure, Issue 3, which voters handily rejected in November.
"Nobody anticipated MPP coming to the state and we're hoping this is going to be the better policy," Hiles said. "Let's do this the right way and work with the coalition across the state. If people don't like that and don't want to vote for it, they don't have to. We can't sit here and keep it criminalized with no policy at all instead of supporting incremental change."
Legalize Ohio 2016 plans to:
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Full Article: Ohio Recreational Marijuana Measure Paused: Campaign Will Work On Medical Marijuana
Author: Jackie Borchardt
Contact: Cleveland.com
Photo Credit: None found
Website: Cleveland.com
Instead, the Legalize Ohio 2016 campaign will work with Marijuana Policy Project on its medical marijuana measure and with marijuana activists trying to reduce criminal penalties for marijuana possession.
The campaign told supporters Wednesday that is could not raise the money for a successful ballot measure campaign. Its political action committee, Ohioans to End Prohibition, reported having only $268 in the bank at the end of January.
Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use -- all had a medical marijuana system in place before voters approved recreational use. Legalize Ohio 2016 spokesman Michael Hiles said Ohio probably isn't ready for a recreational measure.
Hiles said the group's Cannabis Control Amendment was drafted last year in response to another recreational marijuana measure, Issue 3, which voters handily rejected in November.
"Nobody anticipated MPP coming to the state and we're hoping this is going to be the better policy," Hiles said. "Let's do this the right way and work with the coalition across the state. If people don't like that and don't want to vote for it, they don't have to. We can't sit here and keep it criminalized with no policy at all instead of supporting incremental change."
Legalize Ohio 2016 plans to:
- collect signatures for Marijuana Policy Project's proposed constitutional amendment, which has yet to be publicly released.
- offer legal services and other support to local decriminalization efforts.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Ohio Recreational Marijuana Measure Paused: Campaign Will Work On Medical Marijuana
Author: Jackie Borchardt
Contact: Cleveland.com
Photo Credit: None found
Website: Cleveland.com
