Ohio medical marijuana initiative can now collect signatures


The Ohio Ballot Board certified an initiative on Thursday, clearing another step to take medical marijuana to a statewide vote.

 

Ohioans for Medical Marijuana must collect 305,591 signatures from registered voters by early July to get the issue on the November 2016.

The initiative would create a Medical Marijuana Control Division and Medical Marijuana Advisory Board. (Read the full text here)

“A lot of our volunteers are family members of patients or patients themselves, so they’re incredibly motivated. The initiative process isn’t easy, but it pales in comparison to undergoing chemotherapy or witnessing your child have seizures on a daily basis," said Mason Tvert, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, in a news release.

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