Brook Park, Ohio Passes Legislation To Develop New Medical Marijuana Industry

BROOK PARK, Ohio — City council members passed a resolution Sept. 20 that will initiate a process to manage the presence and implementation of medical marijuana in Brook Park. Originally Brook Park has instituted a 6 month moratorium but Councilwoman Julie McCormick introduced new legislation to amend the original moratorium. “This would lay out a plan of how we’re going …

Senator Yuko Responds To Ohio Medical Board Statement

State Senator Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) released the following statement to address the legislative intent of the affirmative defense provision in HB 523, the bill establishing a medical marijuana program in Ohio. The senator’s statement is in response to the guidance to physicians issued yesterday by the State Medical Board of Ohio.   “The goal of the affirmative defense is to expedite access for …

Get an Attorney, Ohio State Medical Board Tells Doctors Who Want to Recommend Medical Marijuana

  The Ohio State Medical Association is being very clear and vocal to doctors as to their position on recommending medical marijuana too early On October 4th, 2016 the State Medical Board of Ohio issued a statement urging physicians to consult a private attorney before recommending medical marijuana for a patient under the state’s recently enacted medical marijuana law. The …

Johnstown To Be Ground Zero For Ohio Medical Marijuana With New Campus

 Johnstown Welcomes New Ohio Medical Marijuana Businesses The small Village of 5,000 in Johnstown, Ohio is making huge efforts in positioning themselves at the forefront of the new Ohio medical marijuana industry. Home to one of the largest botanical oil extraction companies, Apeks Supercritical, they have already seen the plant’s potential. Apeks is listed on Inc. 5000’s list of the …

Plant Material May Be Excluded From New Medical Marijuana HB 523 by Ohio Pharmacy Board

Plant Material May be Outlawed in HB 523 Revision.  While the current Ohio Medical Marijuana HB 523 does allow for the sale of plant material or “flower” to patients to vaporize, according to Cleveland.com – Ohio’s law HB 523 allows “plant material” to be sold, but prohibits smoking. The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy will likely narrow that description to …

HB 597 Would Limit Ohio Medical Marijuana Program’s Reciprocity With Other States

Call Your Local Represenative & Tell Them You OPPOSE HB 597!   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 …

Ohio State Medical Board of Ohio Issues Guidance To Physicians

The Physicians of Ohio Finally Have Some Direction & So Does Affirmative Defense   The State Medical Board of Ohio dealt a blow Friday to the hopes of some patients that they might be able to legally use medical marijuana before the state has put its own system of growing and dispensing cannabis in place. a written recommendation is necessary …

Ohio Supreme Court Gives Attorneys Green Light to Advise Medical Marijuana Clients

  Ohio attorneys given green light to advise medical marijuana clients Ohio attorneys were assured Tuesday by the state’s high court they could assist medical marijuana clients under the new law.  A non-binding advisory opinion issued in August suggested Ohio lawyers couldn’t advise medical marijuana businesses and patients under the state’s professional conduct standards because the substance remains illegal federally.  …

Ohio Medical Marijuana HB 523 officially became law 9/8/16 (90 days after the Governor signed it)

Despite the federal government classifying pot as a dangerous drug with no medical value, the state of Ohio has emerged as the 25th state to legalize medical marijuana. According to Ohioans for Medical Marijuana representative Aaron Marshal, the law will not only regulate the use of marijuana as a medicine but also its trade in the health sector. Concerned parties …