Marijuana

Ohio voters will vote on abortion rights in November but whether that will require 60% of the vote or a simple majority will be decided on August 8. On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the latest polling and the pro-marijuana supporters racing to collect more signatures.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has been suggesting state lawmakers revisit the state's existing abortion ban to clarify it.

Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose determined the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol was short by just 679 signatures of the 124,046 signatures required to put the question before voters on Nov. 7.

In seven central Ohio counties, the effort to enshrine abortion rights exceeds the local goal, while a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana falls a little short.

Harvest Health and Recreation claims Harvest of Ohio and Harvest Grows failed to repay more than $19 million in loans.

There’s currently an oversupply of marijuana in Ohio according to the state’s licensed medical marijuana growers. We’ll discuss what can, and should, be done with the unsold inventory and whether this could be the year recreational marijuana is legalized in Ohio.

There’s currently an oversupply of marijuana in Ohio according to the state’s licensed medical marijuana growers. We’ll discuss what can, and should, be done with the unsold inventory and whether this could be the year recreational marijuana is legalized in Ohio.

Ohio lawmakers have less than four months to either pass the initiated statute they have in front of them. If they don't, it could end up on the ballot.

The bills to legalize marijuana will not move forward by the end of the lame-duck session.

President Biden has said that he will pardon thousands of people convicted of simple possession of marijuana. In Ohio, that might not amount to much. We cover the details and catch up on midterm politics on our weekly reporter roundtable.