Changes to Ohio’s voter-approved adult-use cannabis law proposed in a bill introduced this week by House Republicans are less extreme than those passed by the state Senate.
However, the proposed business restrictions, social equity program elimination, THC potency limits and penalties are still a “slap in the face to the 57 percent of Ohio voters who approved” legalization in November 2023, NORML said in a statement.
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House Bill 160, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Brian Stewart, would also restrict the sale of products with hemp-derived THC to licensed marijuana stores and dispensaries, according to the Statehouse News Bureau.
In addition, the bill would:
Cap the number of marijuana stores allowed statewide at 350. Impose a buffer zone of a half-mile between
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