Opponents fail to get enough signatures for referendum to block Ohio’s new weed law, hemp ban

By: Megan Henry

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 577

Last Updated: 2 days, 17 hours ago

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Opponents of Ohio Republican lawmakers’ attempt to ban intoxicating hemp products and change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law failed to collect enough signatures to put a referendum on the ballot this year to block it.

Ohioans for Cannabis Choice would not say how many signatures they gathered. They needed to collect 248,092 signatures and also needed to gather 3% of an individual county’s gubernatorial turnout in 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties to get …

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