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Attorney General Mike DeWine
DeWine Rejects
Petition for Medical Cannabis Amendment
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today rejected the
petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution which would
attempt to legalize marijuana for medical use in the state.
On July 20th, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office received a written
petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled “Ohio Medical
Cannabis Amendment,” from the group Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC.
1,000 valid signatures from registered Ohio voters were submitted.
However, Attorney General DeWine found at least four defects with the
summary language:
The summary language omits references to amendment language explaining
that patient registry cards are automatically accepted if the proposed
Ohio Medical Cannabis Commission fails to enact an approval process or
to respond to applications within a specified time.
The summary language omits the reasons listed in the amendment for
which the proposed commission may revoke patient registry cards.
The summary language omits references to amendment language specifying
certain actions the proposed commission must take in a certain period
of time after the effective date.
The summary language states that certain individuals administering
marijuana to underage patients "shall not be criminalized," when no
such prohibition exists in the amendment language.
“For these reasons, I am unable to certify the summary as a fair and
truthful statement of the proposed amendment,” DeWine stated in a
letter to the petitioners.
The full text of today’s letter and of the amendment petitions
submitted can be found at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/BallotInitiatives.
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