A Republican lawmaker in Ohio has introduced a bill that would raise adult-use marijuana sales taxes, limit home grows and prohibit social equity licenses and job programs.
Senate Bill 56, introduced by Republican Sen. Steve Huffman, would increase the sales tax from 10% to 15% and cap the number of cannabis stores in the state at 350, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
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The proposal, which also includes decreasing THC potency caps from 90% to 70% and home-grown plants from 12 to six, is a deviation from the will of voters, who overwhelmingly approved legalizing the cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana in a November 2023 ballot measure.
Leading up to that vote, lawmakers in the state’s Republican-dominated General Assembly vowed to make
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