Ohio Medical Marijuana Initiative Rejected

[+EdwardGlen]

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The Ohio attorney general says a group that is working to legalize medical marijuana has failed to submit enough petition signatures in its initial effort toward putting the idea before voters.

 

Attorney General Mike DeWine on Wednesday rejected the initial petition for a November 2012 ballot issue on the proposed constitutional amendment. The signatures were needed to give voters a chance to decide on the Ohio Alternative Treatment Amendment to the Ohio Constitution. Supporters wants to make it legal for doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients, and for those patients to legally possess it.

 

The proposal needed 1,000 signatures, but just 534 of the 2,134 turned in by supporters were deemed to be valid, according to a release to the media from DeWine’s office.

 

The initial signatures and approval of wording on the issue are required before the group can circulate additional petitions. They would then need about 385,000 valid signatures to get the measure on the ballot.

 

Hope is not lost since there is at least one other group currently trying to get a measure on the ballot as well as a bill currently in the Ohio legislature that could also establish a workable medical marijuana program.

[Croppled1]

After what happened in AZ we know to never give up and anything is possible . With the Cleavland Clinic being a major destination for patients in the Midwest Oh if they include out of State card reciprocity it would be a very positive addition for Michigan patients . It would be nice to have a adjacent State to travel into though crossing State lines with cannabis might open up new issues . Hopefully you could purchase what you need there and them here .

[hofner67]

Only 500 valid signatures out of 2000. I don't know much of these things, but that doesn't seem right. Could it be that many signatures were erroneously discarded?

[hofner67]

What? Did they have Rick Jones counting?