COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Backers of a medical marijuana legalization measure cleared the initial hurdle in the process of placing an issue on the statewide ballot.
National group Marijuana Policy Project and its Ohio political action committee Ohioans for Medical Marijuana want to legalize marijuana use for certain medical conditions, with approval from a physician, through a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Friday certified the group's petition summary as a "fair and truthful" summary of the proposed law. DeWine rejected the group's initial petition language, and revised language included additional medical conditions that would qualify a person to use marijuana.
Next, the Ohio Ballot Board will decide within the next 10 days whether the proposal contains one or multiple amendments.
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