{"id":61096,"date":"2015-02-24T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=61096"},"modified":"2015-02-24T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T13:52:53","slug":"ohio-a-g-rejects-marijuana-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/02\/24\/ohio-a-g-rejects-marijuana-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio A-G rejects marijuana amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio Attorney General\u2019s information<\/i><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday rejected the petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would attempt to legalize marijuana use in the state.<\/p>\n

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Attorney General Mike DeWine<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On February 13, the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled \u201cMedical Marijuana and Personal Use Amendment,\u201d from the group Responsible Ohio. A total of 1,000 valid signatures from registered Ohio voters were submitted; however, Attorney General DeWine found at least two defects with the summary language:<\/p>\n

The summary language omits that the proposed amendment permits the sharing of specified amounts of marijuana between adults 21 years old and older.<\/p>\n

The summary language does not accurately reflect the manner in which proposed taxes would be distributed.<\/p>\n

Additionally, DeWine noted that at least one marijuana establishment proposed in the amendment may be within 1,000 feet of a \u201chouse of worship and\/or a public playground,\u201d which would also conflict with claims made in the summary language.\u00a0However, due to the other deficiencies with the summary petition, the Attorney General\u2019s Office did not attempt to validate the claims regarding locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter reviewing the submission, I conclude that I am unable to certify the summary as a fair and truthful statement of the proposed amendment,\u201d DeWine stated in a letter to the petitioners.<\/p>\n

The full text of Monday\u2019s letter and of the amendment petitions submitted can be found at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov\/BallotInitiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohio Attorney General\u2019s information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday rejected the petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would attempt to legalize marijuana use in the state. On February 13, the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled \u201cMedical Marijuana and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 23:40:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}