Proposed referendum reversing intoxicating hemp ban nixed by Ohio AG

A proposed statewide referendum to reverse the state’s intoxicating hemp ban was preliminarily shot down this week by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, citing inconsistencies in the submitted petition that he said could mislead signers (Source: “Petition to nix Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban denied by Attorney General Yost,” Dayton Daily News, Jan. 15).
 
The proposal, made by a group called Ohioans for Cannabis Choice, looked to rescind the first three sections of the recently-passed and signed Senate Bill 56, which makes a slate of changes to Ohio’s recreational marijuana laws and limits the sale of intoxicating hemp products, which were previously unregulated, to marijuana dispensaries only.