“The referendum effort is about putting profits from unregulated intoxicating hemp and gas station weed sales above people.”
By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
Ohioans for Cannabis Choice can start collecting signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to block a law that will change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products. But there are others in the industry that don’t agree with the new effort.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost approved summary language this week for the proposed referendum that would repeal Ohio Senate Bill 56, set to take effect March 20. Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed the bill into law on December 19.
Yost’s approval comes after he initially rejected the language due to “omissions and misstatements,” but Ohioans for Cannabis Choice made changes to the language and re-submitted the petition.
“My certification…should not be construed as an affirmation of the enforceability and constitutionality of the referendum petition,” Yost wrote in the letter certifying the petition.
Ohioans voted to legalize marijuana in 2023, recreational sales started in August 2024, and sales totaled more than $836 million in 2025.
The new law will reduce the THC levels in adult-use marijuana extracts from a maximum of 90 percent down to a maximum of 70 percent, cap THC levels
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