Ohio Breweries, Smoke Shops Collecting Signatures To Stop New Hemp Law
Ohioans for Cannabis Choice must collect nearly 250,000 signatures
Advocates who want to block Ohio’s new marijuana and hemp law are relying on breweries and smoke shops to help them get the job done.
Ohioans for Cannabis Choice must collect nearly 250,000 signatures from 44 counties by March 19 for their proposed referendum over Senate Bill 56. The law, signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in December, will ban THC drinks, limit hemp-derived cannabis products and change the recreational marijuana program voters approved in 2023.
The group began signature collection in February and enlisted support from Ohio Petitioning Partners and California-based consultant Michael Arno. Dozens of people submitted paperwork indicating they were being paid to collect signatures, according to records obtained from the secretary of state’s office.
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