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30th November 2022
US - Ohio: State lawmakers are interested in passing medical cannabis reform, as committees in the state House of Representatives debate Senate Bill 261, press reports. SB 261 was passed by the Senate last December and would make major reforms to Ohio's medical cannabis programme by creating a new regulatory agency – the Division of Marijuana Control – increasing the number of medical cannabis dispensaries, and expanding qualifying conditions for doctors to prescribe cannabis for to include those “that the patient’s symptoms may reasonably be expected to be relieved from medical marijuana”. The legislative session ends at the end of December.
16th May 2022
- US - Ohio: A ballot initiative to legalise recreational cannabis in Ohio will not reach the November 2022 ballot but could reach the ballot in 2023 after organisers and lawmakers reached a settlement, press reports. Organisers of the initiative had filed a lawsuit after a dispute arose over whether signatures had been submitted on time in accordance with the state constitution. Under the agreement, the previously submitted 100,000+ signatures turned in can go toward 2023, so that if the legislature does not enact law to legalise cannabis by 3rd May 2023, then more signatures can be raised to reach the November 2023 ballot.
2nd May 2022
- US - Ohio: Organisers of a November ballot petition to legalise recreational cannabis in the state have filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that would allow their ballot petition to move forward despite a dispute over a signature deadline, press reports. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) turned in signatures to trigger legislative action on 20th December 2021, but the secretary of state's office deemed the signatures insufficient, so the CTRMLA turned in more signatures on 13th January 2022. The dispute arises because the law requires that the signatures be turned in at least ten days before the legislature convenes, which it did on 19th January.
27th April 2022
- US - Ohio: The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program (OMMCP) has issued a rule to allow for hemp-derived cannabinoids in medical cannabis products, press reports. Additionally, the OMMCP is amending its packaging requirements for medical cannabis products to require concentrations delta-8, THCA, and THCV on packaging. The new rules take effect on 2nd May 2022.
15th February 2022
Ohio: Senate president Matt Huffman has said he will not bring a citizen-initiated bill to legalise recreational cannabis to the Senate floor, local press reports. Organisers of the initiative will need to gather more signatures for the measure to be placed on the ballot in November.
