Ohio Cannabis News

A pair of Ohio state representatives have introduced a bipartisan proposal to legalize the cultivation, purchasing, and possession of cannabis by Ohioans aged 21+. The bill also contains language for the expungement of prior cultivation and possession offenses.

Activists in Ohio are again collecting signatures to put a cannabis ballot initiative before voters in November after state lawmakers failed to pass a citizen-authored legalization initiative this year.

Under an executive budget proposal by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), the Ohio Board of Pharmacy would no longer be responsible for regulating the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries.

Seven police officers who helped carry out a raid on Afroman’s house in Ohio last year are now suing the artist over his use of footage from the raid, which depicts the officers’ faces, in music videos and on social media. The rapper says he plans to countersue.

Under an Ohio proposal, motorists who fail a drug test for cannabis would no longer be charged automatically with a DUI, acknowledging how evidence of cannabis use can remain in the body for days or even weeks after consuming.

Ohio medical cannabis advocates are pushing for the third year in a row to add autism to the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list.

Ohio lawmakers are considering expanding the state’s medical cannabis industry to accommodate any condition that could “reasonably be expected to be relieved” by cannabis.

Two men in Ohio have been indicted for charges stemming from unlawful securities practices and fraud in a fake medical cannabis and CBD oil manufacturing business. 

The rapper Afroman released security camera footage on social media this week of law enforcement raiding his Ohio home. During the raid, armed police officers confiscated a vape pen, a couple of roaches, and cash.

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy awarded 70 new provisional medical cannabis licenses.

Under a settlement between Ohio lawmakers and advocates behind the state’s latest cannabis legalization effort, lawmakers will consider the proposal in 2023 and if they don’t pass the reforms, the question will go to voters later that year.

The advocacy group Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is suing GOP leadership in Ohio over attempts to delay the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization vote until 2023.

Ohio legislators have introduced a cannabis legalization bill written by the advocacy group Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.

Cleveland, Ohio officials have filed motions to expunge over 4,000 cannabis-related criminal convictions dating back to 2017.

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is looking to add 73 new dispensary licenses after the state’s demand for medical cannabis far exceeded projections.

Two cannabis entrepreneurs in Ohio have announced upcoming expungement clinics on February 16 in Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.

Following advocates’ successful push for the state’s initiated statute process, Ohio lawmakers now have four months to consider a cannabis legalization bill or the campaign could push the issue to a vote on state ballots.

The Ohio House Health Committee approved a bill to add autism spectrum disorder to the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) recently restated his opposition to cannabis legalization and said he would not sign a reforms bill were one approved by state lawmakers.

Ohio advocates submitted nearly 30,000 new signatures in an attempt to make state lawmakers consider cannabis legalization after falling short of the required signature total earlier this month.

Ohio cannabis advocates were 13,062 valid signatures short of the amount required to force lawmakers to consider adult-use cannabis legalization.

Cannabis legalization advocates in Ohio have collected enough signatures to make lawmakers consider the proposed reforms, which include cannabis possession and personal cultivation.

Ohio regulators have issued a product recall for Blueberry Cookies flower and shake products by Galenas LLC; the recall was prompted because dispensary workers found plastic-like materials in some of the products’ packaging.

Under new rules proposed by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, cannabis patients would be allowed nine ounces over a 90-day period, regardless of THC concentrations.