Adult-use marijuana legalization in Ohio could be on the state ballot in November after advocates submitted signatures supporting the initiative to election officials on Wednesday.
Officials must verify the 222,198 signatures collected by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol by July 20, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
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Ohio lawmakers passed legislation in 2016 legalizing medical cannabis, and sales began in January 2019.
Advocates launched the adult-use signature campaign in May.
“We have to make sure that we’re doing right by patients while at the same time providing an alternative to those nonmedical consumers who are looking for an alternative to the illicit market or driving to Michigan or bringing marijuana back from Chicago or Colorado,” the group’s spokesperson, Tom Haren, told the newspaper.
A poll by Spectrum News and Siena College last year revealed that roughly 60% of Ohioans support adult-use legalization.
If passed, the
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