This week, the International Cannabinoid Institute (ICI) held a press conference at the statehouse in Ohio to announce their commitment to building a $ 24 million state-of-the-art facility for the researching of medical cannabis. Read article here: High Times
Tag: Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court: Change the Wording on ResponsibleOhio’s Ballot Description
The Ohio Supreme Court handed down a verdict earlier this week that suggested the state intentionally penned a misleading description ofResponsibleOhio’sinitiative to legalize marijuana and ordered election officials to edit the content with a less subje… Read article here: High Times
Ohio Will Vote on Legalizing Marijuana This November
Despite a few major snags for ResponsibleOhio in the eleventh hour, it appears Ohio voters will get to decide later this year whether the state should legalize a recreational cannabis industry. Read article here: High Times
Ohio Investor Says Legal Marijuana Could Be $100B Industry, Big Issue In 2016
In this perennial swing state, a fascinating political experiment is unfolding this year. A group of wealthy investors is betting tens of millions of dollars on a ballot initiative that could net them billions if Buckeye State voters decide this November to legalize marijuana – in a very particular way. Along with The Center for […]
Marijuana Legalization Would Create 35,000 Jobs In Ohio
A proposal to legalize marijuana that is likely headed toward Ohio’s fall ballot would create nearly 35,000 direct and indirect jobs in the state and generate an annual economic output of $ 7 billion, says a new report today coordinated by Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph T. Deters. “Legalization is coming to Ohio. We need to […]
Cannabusiness: Ohio Businesses Are Ahead of Lawmakers in Green Economy
Ohio may be the next U.S. state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. Cannabusinesses in the Buckeye State are already putting down stakes in the coming green economy. Read article here: High Times
Drew Carey Calls Ohio Pot Proposal Potential Monopoly
Ohio native Drew Carey is not happy with the wayResponsibleOhiois planning the future of pot growing and distribution in his state. Carey, who supports marijuana law reform, has called out the group’s proposed constitutional amendment that would limit Oh… Read article here: High Times
Who Will Legalize Ohio… and How?
Those days seem like ancient history now that the green rush is on and news media are proclaiming that marijuana is the biggest growth industry in America. Nowhere is the confluence of activism and capitalism more pronounced than the great state of Ohio. Read article here: High Times
Will Ohio Legalize a Marijuana Monopoly?
Following a cascade of gambling legislation in Ohio, a group calledResponsibleOhionsfor Cannabisis taking a page from the casino playbook and attempting to write a marijuana monopoly into the state constitution. Aspokesperson for the group, s… Read article here: High Times
Ohio Pot Legalization Effort Shifts from Recreational to Medical
Longtime marijuana law reform advocate Ohio Representative Bob Hagan (D-Youngstown) said last week he does not intend to revamp arecreational pot legalization resolutionfor a possible ballot measure in November 2014. Rep Hagan’s original proposal was sid… High Times