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2023 is just getting started, and already there have been important developments in Ohio involving cannabis with the promise of much more to come. Secretary of State Frank LaRose got...

Ohio senators are trying once more to overhaul the state’s medical marijuana system. That effort stalled out last session after passing the Senate.

During their April 12 meeting, the Bethel City Council will also consider two other pieces of legislation that target alcohol and marijuana in Bethel. It will also take up a proposed land transfer agreement with the Orutsararmiut Native Council.

The list of conditions qualifying for medical marijuana use would be significantly expanded if a bill pending in the Ohio legislature becomes law.

If 2021 was the appetizer, expect 2022 to be the main course for cannabis laws in Ohio. Three separate efforts were launched in 2021 to expand upon Ohio's existing medical marijuana program.

If 2021 was the appetizer, expect 2022 to be the main course for cannabis laws in Ohio. Three separate efforts were launched in 2021 to expand upon Ohio’s existing medical marijuana...

The legislation would expand access to medical marijuana to any patient if a physician “reasonably” believes cannabis would relieve their symptoms or if they would otherwise benefit from marijuana.

More Ohio dispensaries could sell medical marijuana, cultivators could grow more of it and more conditions would qualify for using it under legislation passed Wednesday by the Republican-led state Senate.

Senators overwhelmingly approved a bill to expand Ohio’s medical marijuana program to other conditions, some of which were rejected for medical pot by

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