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Ohio Ballot Board Approves Medical Marijuana Petition

Ohio Ballot Board passes medical marijuana petition
Jo Ingles
Ohio Ballot Board passes medical marijuana petition

One of the groups that wants to put a medical marijuana plan on the Ohio ballot is one step closer to that goal now. Listen to the story here.

The group Ohioans for Medical Marijuana has been given the go ahead by the state Ballot Board to begin collecting signatures from Ohio voters. The amendment would allow patients to grow their own medical pot or buy it from retail outlets. The ballot board approved the amendment unanimously after asking questions about prescribing practices and whether parts of the proposal constituted a monopoly, which is now banned after an amendment that voters approved last fall. This medical marijuana plan is backed by the Marijuana Policy Project, a group that has passed similar ballot measures in 23 other states.

Copyright 2016 The Statehouse News Bureau

Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment.