COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Attorney General Mike DeWine on Friday rejected a medical marijuana legalization amendment backed by national group Marijuana Policy Project.
DeWine's job is not to judge the merit of proposed ballot initiatives but to certify that the petition language accurately summarizes the amendment.
DeWine cited three deficiencies with the submission from Ohioans for Medical Marijuana, the political action committee formed by Marijuana Policy Project:
The summary states that "tier 1" medical marijuana cultivation facility licenses are capped at 15, but the proposed amendment contains provisions for issuing additional licenses.
The summary states that the amendment does not prevent a person from being penalized for "operating a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or motorboat while impaired by marijuana," but the amendment says medical marijuana patients would not be considered impaired "solely because of the presence of metabolites or components of marijuana that appear in insufficient concentration to cause impairment."
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MPP's Medical Marijuana Amendment Rejected By Ohio Attorney General
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