Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month.

Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance’s tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast changes Ohio Senate Republicans proposed Monday to a marijuana legalization measure approved by voters last month.

The changes emerged suddenly in committee just days before the new law is set to take effect, though their fate in the full Senate and the GOP-led House is still unclear.

The ballot measure, dubbed Issue 2, passed on the Nov. 7 election with 57 percent of the vote and it set to become law this Thursday, making Ohio the 24th state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. But as a citizen-initiated statute, the Legislature is free to make tweaks on it, of which they’re attempting plenty.

    • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip
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      6 months ago

      Nice! Where is that btw? Last time I tried to buy flower from a dispensary in MA, max I could buy was an 8th at a time and when taxes were added it was 70$. Nooope.

      I’d guess the prices dropping is partially due to all the competition in the market now, but also to the prevalence of home grows. Would be interesting to compare some data with a state that doesn’t allow home grows.