{"id":72755,"date":"2016-01-25T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=72755"},"modified":"2016-01-25T08:29:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T13:29:08","slug":"ohio-a-g-rejects-cannabis-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/01\/25\/ohio-a-g-rejects-cannabis-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio A-G rejects cannabis amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Ohio Attorney General\u2019s information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected a third petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would attempt to legalize marijuana for medical use in the state.<\/p>\n<p>On January 13, the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled \u201cOhio Medical Cannabis Amendment,\u201d from the group Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC, the third submission of such a titled amendment by this group. A total of 1,000 valid signatures from registered Ohio voters were submitted; however, DeWine found at least five defects with the summary language:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The summary language states that a &#8220;qualified medical patient&#8221; is a person at least 21 years old, while the proposed amendments states that such persons must be at least 18 years old.<\/li>\n<li>The summary language states that information kept by the Ohio Medical\u00a0Cannabis\u00a0Commission\u00a0(OMCC) is exempted from the &#8220;Freedom of Information Act&#8221; except for disclosure to Ohio law enforcement and Ohio courts. However, the proposed amendment only permits disclosure to law\u00a0enforcement\u00a0officials.<\/li>\n<li>The summary language states the OMCC is permitted to confirm cardholder statute to an employer, school, court, or enforcement officials. However, the proposed amendment only permits the OMCC to confirm status on the cardholder&#8217;s permission.<\/li>\n<li>The summary language\u00a0limits signage on testing facilities and dispensaries to a cannabis leaf or green cross.\u00a0However, the proposed amendment does not provide for that\u00a0limitation.<\/li>\n<li>The summary language defines &#8220;medical use&#8221; as &#8220;using cannabis, dried plant from a cannabis living plant of the genus cannabis.&#8221; However, the proposed amendment defines &#8220;medical use&#8221; as\u00a0\u201cthe acquisition, possession,\u00a0administration, cultivation in an enclosed and locked facility, delivery, transportation,\u00a0transfer, or use of medical cannabis or medical cannabis accessories or supplies relating\u00a0to the administration of cannabis to treat or alleviate a patient\u2019s qualifying medical\u00a0condition.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cFor these reasons, 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<p>DeWine rejected the first submission on July 29, 2015, and the second submission on October 2, 2015, on similar grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The full text of DeWine\u2019s letter and of the amendment petitions submitted can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwMTIyLjU0MTc3NTUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDEyMi41NDE3NzU1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjU2MTI4JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZWRpdG9yQHRoZXZ3aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1lZGl0b3JAdGhldndpbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov\/BallotInitiatives\">www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov\/BallotInitiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Attorney General\u2019s information COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected a third petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would attempt to legalize marijuana for medical use in the state. On January 13, the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled \u201cOhio [&hellip;]<\/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-72755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 06:58:20","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\/72755","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=72755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}