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Ohio marijuana legalization proposal rejected by attorney general, ResponsibleOhio to resubmit revised language


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Editor's Note: This is not all bad news. The end of this article from Cleveland.com reports: "ResponsibleOhio plans to resubmit amendment language and signatures later this month. If approved by the attorney general and deemed a single ballot issue by the Ohio Ballot Board, the group must then collect more than 305,591 signatures of Ohio registered voters by July 1 to put the issue on the November ballot."


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana use in Ohio.

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Political action committee ResponsibleOhio is pitching a legal medical and recreational marijuana industry with pot supplied from 10 specific growing sites, which have been promised to wealthy campaign backers. Taxes collected from sales at every level of the supply chain would provide revenue for local governments.

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The first step to putting an issue on the ballot is submitting a summary of the proposed amendment and 1,000 signatures of registered Ohio voters to the state attorney general.

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