Medical marijuana may be on November ballot in Ohio

Medical marijuana could be available to an estimated 215,000 Ohioans with qualifying medical conditions by 2018 if voters okay a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.

A year after Ohioans soundly defeated ResponsibleOhio’s for-profit plan to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical purposes, a national group with a successful track record in other states is pushing a medical marijuana-only issue for the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

The Marijuana Policy Project, based on Washington, D.C., announced detailed plans today for a campaign to gather 305,291 signatures of registered voters to put a medical marijuana constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall. The national organization will work through an Ohio affiliate, Ohioans for Medical Marijuana.

“The Ohio initiative is similar to the medical-marijuana laws in 23 states and the District of Columbia,” said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. “The Ohio initiative will allow patients with a list...

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