Ohio marijuana legalization supporters still push for 2016 ballot issues – cleveland.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio — ResponsibleOhio won’t be back with another marijuana legalization amendment this year, but marijuana advocates said Friday they will push forward with ballot measures for November as well as work with state lawmakers studying medical marijuana legalization.

Legalize Ohio 2016, also known as Ohioans to End Prohibition, plans to continue to try to collect the 305,591 signatures of registered Ohio voters necessary by July 6 to qualify its issue for the November ballot. Its proposed constitutional amendment would legalize recreational and medical marijuana, as well as allow farmers to grow hemp.

Legalize Ohio 2016 President Sri Kavuru said his group will encourage its supporters to be involved in discussions at the Statehouse on the medical marijuana issue. The House plans to vet the issue through a task force composed of doctors, lawyers, business people, law enforcement officers and two former leaders of ResponsibleOhio, the group behind 2015’s failed...

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