recreational marijuana

The Statehouse News Bureau takes a look back at 2021 and the bills that fell short of becoming law.

But the bill still includes restrictions on the use of the drug.

The bill is the third measure to allow people to use pot for personal use proposed this year.

COVID hospitalizations in Ohio continue their steady march upwards following the steep rise in new cases; the remains of a northern Ohio Navy Corpsman who died in the August attack on the Kabul airport will return home Wednesday; a judge in southern Ohio has ruled that doctors at a Cincinnati area hospital cannot be forced to give COVID patients a livestock medicine as treatment; and more stories.

After clearing this hurdle, the task of gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures begins.

Adults over the age of 21 would be able to buy and use marijuana recreationally and grow up to six plants per person.

The bill would legalize the drug for personal use beyond the medical use already allowed by law.

The revenue from the tax could be put toward programs but should not be used to offset budget shortfalls, the study's author says.

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