Laura A. Bischoff, Columbus bureau 3:30 p.m Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 Columbus, Ohio is taking steps to make sure medical marijuana isn’t pitched in a way that is attractive to kids by banning cartoon characters, candy look-alikes and fruit shapes and requiring child-resistant packaging. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy, one of three state agencies overseeing the medical marijuana program, has …
Akron/Kent NORML Meeting Recap
On February 19th, 2017 I attended one of many to come Akron – Kent Norml meetings in the Acme Fresh Community room in Stow, Ohio. This meeting was by far one of the most refreshing events I’ve been to in  a long time. Numerous activists and cannabis enthusiasts gathered in a spacious community room inside Acme Fresh. Hosts provided snacks …
Could medical marijuana curb Elyria’s opioid problems?
ELYRIA, Oh – Elyria fire officials worked eleven suspected opiate overdoses in the last twenty-four hours. On the same day, city officials were looking into a controversial way to potentially curb the problem. It’s often said the early bird catches the worm. “It is the law now and it is coming,” said Elyria Mayor Holly Brinda. Well, in this case, …
Richmond Heights votes to open its doors to the medical marijuana industry
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio — The city has turned on the welcome sign for the medical marijuana industry. At its meeting Tuesday evening, City Council unanimously voted to repeal a previous moratorium the city placed last year on the growing, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana in Richmond Heights. It is action that several local cities took in the aftermath of …
Officials urged to speed up Ohio pot rules
COLUMBUS — Ohio could still be a year and a half away from having its medical marijuana program up and running, prompting some to urge state regulators to speed up the writing of the rules under which the program will operate. “It’s sort of the drudgery of state government. We have to let the process play out,†said Aaron Marshall, …
Talk it out: Is Ohio on the right track for marijuana reform?
Talk it out: Is Ohio on the right track for marijuana reform? By Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio became the 25th state to legalize medical marijuana last June, but it could be more than a year before Ohioans will be able to legally buy it from a retail dispensary. Why the long wait? Ohio’s law leaves most of …
Eastlake Ohio Medical Marijuana facility topic of upcoming meeting
Eastlake City Council’s Finance Committee met on Jan. 3 to discuss the sale of the JFK property located at 33505 Curtis Blvd. to a company interesting in starting a Ohio medical marijuana cultivating facility. The decision to do so is still in the committee and has not yet been sent on to City Council for consideration. Eastlake Mayor Dennis Morley …
Ohio Towns With Medicial Marijuana Moratirums
We will be continually updating the cities, towns, counties & municipalities that have placed any type of moratorium on any cultivation, processing or retail dispensing of medical marijuana in Ohio. HB 523 allows municipalities to establish their own regulations to prohibit or limit the number of marijuana operations. Please feel free to add to the list or correct us if …
City of Troy allows maximum of 3 dispensaries
Proposed ordinance to allow three medical marijuana dispensaries only in the Highway Business District By Melanie Yingst – myingst@civitasmedia.com The Troy Planning Commission voted to recommend to city council a citywide ban on cultivators and processors of medical marijuana and allow a maximum of three medical marijuana retail dispensaries in the B-4 Highway Service Business District only on Wednesday. Commission …
Survey: Most Ohio doctors won’t recommend medical marijuana
A majority of doctors in Ohio will be reluctant to recommend medical marijuana for their patients, according to the Medical Marijuana Physician Survey, a situation that could hamper the rollout of the state’s MMJ program. Roughly 30% of the physicians who participated in an Ohio State Medical Board survey said they will not recommend medical marijuana as a treatment, and more …