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Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment (2015)

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A Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment. If approved by voters, the measure would have done the following:[1]

  • Allowed eligible residents diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition to use, possess, produce and acquire medical cannabis
  • Protected eligible residents from discrimination, interference by the state, invasion of privacy, breach of confidentiality, arrest and prosecution regarding their medical use of cannabis
  • Allowed eligible individuals or organizations to grow, process, distribute, transport, purchase or sell medical cannabis according to rules and regulations established by a Commission of Cannabis Control

Text of measure

The summary and full text of the measure is available here.[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio

Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing. If the initiative's filing was approved, petitioners would have then needed to collect 305,591 signatures by July 1, 2015, to get the initiative placed on the November 2015 ballot.

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