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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — A group looking to make adult-use cannabis legal for recreation in Ohio has collected more signatures than needed to put the question to voters this November.
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has submitted 222,198 signatures from Ohio voters in all of Ohio’s 88 counties to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, in order to put the issue on the Nov. 7 ballot, according to a Wednesday news release from the coalition.
The group needed about 124,000 total signatures from 44 counties.
“Our issue will authorize the possession and use of marijuana by adults 21 and over and provide a framework to ensure proper regulation and fair taxation,” coalition spokesperson Tom Haren, a Cleveland attorney, is quoted in the release.
“This isn’t ground-breaking. … We’re just trying to get Ohio in line with neighbors like Michigan and Illinois.”
How does it work?
The proposed statute would let Ohioans 21 years and older possess up to 2 1/2 ounces of cannabis and up to 15 grams of cannabis extract and keep up to six cannabis plants at home, or up to 12 if there is more than one user living there.
It would also impose a 10% tax on adult-use marijuana sales, revenues from which would go back into Ohio communities, according to the release. The recreational cannabis industry would…
