Some Medical Marijuana Advocates Question Being Left Off State Task Force

Some long time advocates of medical marijuana are questioning why they were not included in the Ohio House's new task force to study the subject. 

Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

The task force includes both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. It also includes some of the key people who were instrumental in the defeat of the attempt last fall to legalize marijuana in Ohio....people such as former Attorney General Betty Montgomery and groups from the medical, business and law enforcement communities. The panel also includes two men who represented the investors who put up $25 million to fund Issue 3, which voters rejected last fall. They say the group that called itself ResponsibleOhio is gone, and won't try to put any more marijuana related issues before voters. But Cher Neufer with Ohio NORML is concerned about who isn't included on that panel.

"The panel does not appear to include patients...

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