GOP Lawmakers Seek To Alter Ohio’s Cannabis Home Grow Rules, Advocates Call The Move A ‘Blatant Violation’
Ohio’s Senate Republicans are moving to tighten home cultivation rules for cannabis in a recently introduced senate bill that would also create new regulations for the sale of delta-8 THC, a compound derived from hemp. Advocates say the GOP-dominated senate is attempting to reverse provisions in the recreational marijuana law approved by voters last November.
Since December, adults over 21 have been permitted to consume and grow limited amounts of marijuana in their homes, with recreational sales potentially starting soon as business license applications are finalized.
Republican State Senator Kirk Schuring insists that these efforts are not overturning the will of the voters but rather clarifying the law. “This is not an upheaval of the will of the people. This is just trying to make sure there’s clarity to it,” Schuring said to local …