decriminalization

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss efforts to reform drug laws so…

A procedural rule prevented Cincinnati City Council from voting Wednesday on an ordinance to take away the penalties for marijuana possession if the...

The full Cincinnati City Council could vote Wednesday to decriminalize the possession of marijuana in the city.

Medical marijuana is still a new sight around Ohio, but the conversation is already shifting. Columbus City Council president Shannon Hardin wants to…

Cleveland City Council plans to take up the decriminalization of marijuana during this year’s session. Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Blaine Griffin said during Monday’s committee meeting that he’d be looking at recent laws in Toledo and Dayton as models. “I’m going to have several experts from that industry, as well as some internal partners from the city of Cleveland, that we are going to bring together to have the discussion around decriminalization of marijuana,” said Griffin.

Starting in January, people caught in Euclid with small amounts of marijuana will no longer be looking at six months in jail—and they have the podcast Serial to thank. The city is reclassifying low-level marijuana possession as a minor misdemeanor, which carries a maximum fine of $150.

Officials in a Newark where residents voted to eliminate criminal penalties for having small amounts of marijuana say they'll continue to charge and…