Amy Hedtke, a Texas alternate delegate, wears red white and blue boots with a end marijuana prohibition' sticker outside of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, July 18, 2016. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
On July 5, 2023, signatures were submitted for a marijuana legalization initiative that may appear on the ballot for Ohio voters in November. If the measure appears on the ballot and voters approve it, Ohio will join 23 states that have already legalized marijuana—including 14 of those states and D.C. that have legalized marijuana through the ballot measure process.
Montel Williams hugs Tanya Davis, of Ohio, who suffers from a bone condition, after a news conference that introduced legislation, the States Rights to Medical Marijuana Act, which would protect medical marijuana patients from arrest. In the can are Rosenfeld’s prescription marijuana cigarettes. (TOM WILLIAMS/ROLL CALL/GETTY)
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