Tom Haren

An Ohio Senate committee has approved a bill that would make dramatic changes to the voter-approved initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis, known as Issue 2, which goes into effect on December 7. The new bill seeks to eliminate home cultivation, increase the...

With election day getting closer in Ohio and two hot issues on the Nov. 7 ballot – a cannabis legalization measure and an abortion rights amendment, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is becoming more vociferous against both in a series of media appearances, suggesting that he believes Ohioans might be...

With early voting underway in Ohio since last week, groups supporting Issue 2, which seeks to legalize adult use cannabis, have yet to spend a single dollar on traditional TV ads, typically the largest expense for any political campaign. In fact, only one group that opposes...

On Nov. 7, Ohioans will vote on two ballot initiatives. As is the case with almost all statewide issues, aptly noted Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, the initiatives involve controversial topics that have ardent supporters as well as fervent critics: reproductive rights/abortion and...

The proposal to legalize recreational cannabis in Ohio was cleared Wednesday and will appear on statewide ballots this November, officials announced. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose determined that the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) had submitted 127...

Recreational marijuana advocates have submitted thousands more signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State's Office, nearly 10-times the number they need to put the issue on the November ballot. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol only needed 679 signatures after the state...

Republican state Rep. Jamie Callender and Democratic state Rep. Casey Weinstein reintroduced a recreational marijuana legalization bill this week, known as the Ohio Adult Use Act.  “It’s time for Ohio to act on this before we fall too much further behind our...

As expected, Ohio lawmakers took no action Wednesday to enact a cannabis legalization proposal, essentially allowing it to lapse, thereby opening the door to supporters to move forward and begin collecting signatures to get the proposal on the ballot this coming November.  Now What? The...