COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Medical marijuana patient ID cards from most other states would not be accepted here under a new bill -- the first attempt to tweak Ohio's new law.
But a legislator who worked on the medical marijuana law said the new bill is premature and seeks to address a problem that doesn't exist.
Ohio law calls for the state to enter into reciprocity agreements with medical marijuana states that have similar patient eligibility requirements. That would mean Ohio patients could use their state-issued patient ID cards to use medical marijuana in other legal states and vice versa.
House Bill 597 would limit those states to those that don't allow marijuana to be smoked or grown at home since Ohio's law prohibits both practices.
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But a legislator who worked on the medical marijuana law said the new bill is premature and seeks to address a problem that doesn't exist.
Ohio law calls for the state to enter into reciprocity agreements with medical marijuana states that have similar patient eligibility requirements. That would mean Ohio patients could use their state-issued patient ID cards to use medical marijuana in other legal states and vice versa.
House Bill 597 would limit those states to those that don't allow marijuana to be smoked or grown at home since Ohio's law prohibits both practices.
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