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Marijuana backers criticize Ohio bills attempting to change state law
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Marijuana backers criticize Ohio bills attempting to change state law
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marijuana-backers-criticize-ohio-bills-attempting-to-change-state-law/ar-AA1B6fcq
Marijuana advocates called bills to change Ohio’s weed laws “a slap in the face” to voters.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted a webinar last week about two bills that are trying to change Ohio’s marijuana laws.
“Whether one believes that cannabis ought to be legal or not is almost a secondary issue,” said NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano. “The primary issue ought to be that elections have consequences, and the results of elections should matter.”
Ohioans voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2023 by passing a citizen-initiated law, meaning Ohio lawmakers can change the law. Marijuana sales started in August 2024 and the state’s total recreational marijuana sales were $376,482,070 as of Saturday, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control.
“Ohio looks like it has been rolling along very smoothly, and implementation has been going well,” said NORML Political Director Morgan Fox. “There have been no major complaints from Ohioans, and it’s premature for the legislature to try to interfere with it.”
There are bills in both chambers trying to rewrite Ohio’s marijuana laws — Senate Bill 56 and House Bill 160.
“It’s not as if this pushback is coming because there have been negative or adverse consequences of Issue Two being implemented,” Armentano said. “The law is working just fine, and Ohioans are happy with it. Lawmakers are trying to meddle with it and act as if there are issues with the law, when in fact, we’re seeing the laws playing out the way voters intended.”
These bills would be dangerous for cannabis users in Ohio, said Cat Packer, director of drug markets and legal regulation at Drug Policy Alliance.
“There are so many ways that if you are a cannabis consumer in Ohio, with either of these bills passed, you should consider that the law will consider you a criminal,” she said.
S.B. 56 would cut the number of Ohio’s home grow plants in half from 12 plants down to six, reduce the THC levels in adult-use marijuana extracts from a maximum of 90% down to a maximum of 70%, and require marijuana can only be used in a private residence.
THC potency caps are a solution in search of a problem, Armentano said.
“Voters, by and large, don’t like potency caps for cannabis,” he said. “If we simply remove these products from the market, we’re not going to get rid of the demand, but what we’re going to do is drive the production of these products to the unregulated market.”
S.B. 56 does allow someone to apply to the sentencing court to have their record expunged, but they would have to pay a $50 filing fee. The bill would require marijuana to only be transported in the trunk of a car when traveling and would limit the number of active dispensaries to 350.
The Ohio Senate passed S.B. 56 last month, which would ban Ohioans from using marijuana that is not either from a licensed Ohio dispensary or cultivated at a consumer’s home — meaning it would be illegal for Ohioans to drive up to Michigan to buy marijuana and bring it back over state lines. The bill has yet to have a hearing in the House.
“If you were to pass a joint or share your home grown cannabis, or share your cannabis with your spouse or your roommate, you would be a criminal again,” said Karen O’Keefe, director of state policies at Marijuana Policy Project.
House Bill 160 would keep home grow and tax levels the same, but reduce THC levels and redirect most of the tax revenue to the state’s general fund.
The current tax revenue is divided up in several ways — 36% to the cannabis social equity and jobs fund, 36% to the host community cannabis fund, 25% to the substance abuse and addiction fund and 3% to the Division of Cannabis Control and Tax Commissioner Fund.
“My concern is we wouldn’t be dedicating those monies where voters decided that the money should go,” Packer said.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget proposal would increase the tax on marijuana from 10% to 20%. The Ohio House is currently working on the budget, which is due July 1.
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Re: Marijuana backers criticize Ohio bills attempting to change state law
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March 19, 2025, 07:11:45 PM »
Par for the course for Ohio GOP. They get an inch they want a mile. Sore losers on this one.
this is a greedy cash grab. And against what the people actually voted for across political parties.
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Re: Marijuana backers criticize Ohio bills attempting to change state law
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March 21, 2025, 07:15:19 PM »
I bet these law makers are all alcoholics. Alcohol will destroy your life.
The people want legal MJ let em be
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Re: Marijuana backers criticize Ohio bills attempting to change state law
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They pulled the same BS in Arizona. The marijuana question was put to a vote by We the People and We voted Yes. Then after doing nothing for a year, it was put to another vote, Yes again. Eventually the State implemented recreational marijuana
Only thing the naysayers have left is their attempts to scare the public:
Marijuana use linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/02/28/marijuana-use-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke
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