Issue 2

Cannabis possession, use and home growth went legal at the end of 2023—but sale to adult-use, non-medical customers is not yet legal.

City Council in Grove City voted Monday night to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in the city.

Several Columbus suburbs already had varying restrictions on medicinal marijuana sales, cultivation and processing. Grove City is so far the first to try and pass similar restrictions for recreational weed.

An initiated statute to legalize marijuana passed in November but Ohio lawmakers are divided on the intent of the voters and where to go from here.

At the end of some years, lawmaking stretches into the early morning hours as legislators race to get bills to the finish line—the governor’s desk—before their terms end.

With possession, use and home growth of marijuana legal, the cannabis industry nationwide is waiting for sales to start in one of the country’s most populous states.

Goremade Pizza and Walking Distance Brewing Company are some of the first businesses that are explicitly telling customers they can smoke marijuana at their establishments.

Recreational cannabis is legal in the state of Ohio, but legislators are determined to make changes to the law that was overwhelmingly approved by voters. Republican State Rep. Jaime Callender joins the show.

Ohio State argued federal law restricting marijuana use supersedes a recently passed state law that legalizes weed because the university received federal funds.

With the Senate proposing big changes to the law created by Issue 2, Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) is proposing his own plan to implement Ohio's new marijuana legalization statute.