Post by Logan on Jan 19, 2016 23:38:55 GMT -6
Ohio group aims to get state pot amendment back on 2016 ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group hoping to put a marijuana legalization issue on Ohio’s ballot this fall says it won’t wait to see if state lawmakers act on medical marijuana and will push ahead with its proposal, despite the failure of a separate effort in November.
Jacob Wagner, the co-founder of Ohioans to End Prohibition, said in an interview Friday that his organization remains focused on gathering the more than 305,000 valid signatures needed by July to get its “Cannabis Control Amendment” before voters in the presidential election year.
His comments come a day after Ohio House leaders joined two marijuana legalization advocates in announcing a task force to study medical marijuana.
Wagner said convening a task force “doesn’t mean the fight is over. It certainly doesn’t mean that they are going to pass anything good, anything substantial anytime soon.”
Continued at www.thecannabist.co/2016/01/16/ohio-marijuana-legalization-amendment-2016/46860/ .
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group hoping to put a marijuana legalization issue on Ohio’s ballot this fall says it won’t wait to see if state lawmakers act on medical marijuana and will push ahead with its proposal, despite the failure of a separate effort in November.
Jacob Wagner, the co-founder of Ohioans to End Prohibition, said in an interview Friday that his organization remains focused on gathering the more than 305,000 valid signatures needed by July to get its “Cannabis Control Amendment” before voters in the presidential election year.
His comments come a day after Ohio House leaders joined two marijuana legalization advocates in announcing a task force to study medical marijuana.
Wagner said convening a task force “doesn’t mean the fight is over. It certainly doesn’t mean that they are going to pass anything good, anything substantial anytime soon.”
Continued at www.thecannabist.co/2016/01/16/ohio-marijuana-legalization-amendment-2016/46860/ .