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Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment (2016)
| Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment | |
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| Type | Amendment |
| Origin | Citizens |
| Topic | Marijuana |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Medical Cannabis Amendment did not make the November 8, 2016, ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment.
The measure would have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes. Doctors and practitioners would have been permitted to prescribe cannabis as a treatment for certain medical conditions.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
The measure would have added a new Section 12 to Article XV of the Ohio Constitution.[1]
Full text
The summary and full text of the measure is available here.
Support
The group leading the support for the measure was the Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC.[1] The Marijuana Policy Project had begun working closely with Ohio's campaign. The organization works in Washington, D.C. to change marijuana laws at the federal and state levels.[2]
Supporters
- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R)[3]
- Ohio Auditor Dave Yost (R)[3]
- Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel (R)[3]
- Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R)[3]
Organizations
- ARC Reaction: A group of political operatives, including Democratic political consultant Aaron Pickrell, Republican campaign strategist and political consultant Mike Hartley, and Democratic political strategist Steven Stenberg.[4]
Polls
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| Poll | Support | Oppose | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Marijuana Policy Project 2/17/2016 - 2/18/2016 | 74.0% | 22.0% | 4.0% | +/-3.8 | 672 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Path to the ballot
Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing.
The Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC first submitted a version of the amendment on July 20, 2015, and it was rejected on July 29, 2015, after the Ohio Attorney General found the summary was not "a fair and truthful representation" of the proposal.[5]
Petitioners submitted a revised amendment on September 24, 2015, and it was again rejected on October 2, 2015, for the same reasons.[6]
The group submitted the amendment for the third time on January 13, 2016. It was subsequently rejected on January 22, 1016, because of discrepancies in the language between the summary and proposed amendment.[7]
The fourth initiative was submitted on March 8, 2016, and it was rejected on March 18, 2016, because of discrepancies between the summary and petition language.[8]
A fifth initiative was not submitted.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ohio Attorney General, "Initiative Petition," accessed January 21, 2016
- ↑ Examiner, "Ohio's legalization efforts continue to move forward," January 26, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Review, "Statewide officeholders support legalization of medical marijuana," February 12, 2016
- ↑ Dayton Daily News, "Political operatives pitch medical marijuana plan for Ohio," February 8, 2016
- ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "AG Action," July 29, 2015
- ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "AG Action," October 2, 2015
- ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "AG Action," January 22, 2016
- ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "Re: Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment," March 18, 2016
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