Ohio Right to Cannabis Amendment (2016)
| Ohio Right to Cannabis Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Ohio Right to Cannabis Amendment did not qualify to appear on the ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2016.
The measure would have legalized marijuana for Ohio residents 21 years of age or older and allowed residents 18 years of age or older to use medical marijuana. It would have also created a Division of Marijuana Control to regulate the substance.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article XV, Ohio Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 12 to Article XV of the Ohio Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Support
Ohioans to End Prohibition led the campaign in support of the measure.[1]
Arguments in favor
Sri Kavuru, president of Ohioans to End Prohibition, said:[2]
| “ | We’re going to show that this is how you can legalize marijuana in a way that benefits everybody—entrepreneurs, patients, consumers, including the government.[3] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing.
- Ohioans to End Prohibition first submitted a version of the amendment on May 11, 2015, and it was rejected on May 25, 2015, after the Ohio Attorney General found the summary was not "a fair and truthful representation" of the proposal.[4]
- Petitioners submitted a revised amendment on June 8, 2015, and it was certified on June 17, 2015.[5]
- Supporters had until July 6, 2016, to collect the required 305,591 valid signatures to land the measure on the November 2016 ballot.
- On February 17, 2016, supporters announced they were suspending their campaign to land the measure on the 2016 ballot in order to focus on helping Marijuana Policy Project get a medical marijuana measure on the ballot.[6]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ohio Attorney General, "Initiative Petition," accessed January 21, 2016
- ↑ The Post Athens, "Battle to Legalize Marijuana Continues in 2016," January 14, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "AG Action," May 21, 2015
- ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "AG Action," June 17, 2015
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Ohio recreational marijuana measure paused: campaign will work on medical marijuana," February 18, 2016
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