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Ohio GOP Leaders Don’t Like Recreational Marijuana. What Happens if Voters Say Yes to It?

September 18, 2023

Of Counsel David Waxman (Cleveland) was interviewed by The Columbus Dispatch in “Ohio GOP Leaders Don’t Like Recreational Marijuana. What Happens if Voters Say Yes to It?” on September 18, 2023. He discusses the likelihood of a repeal of the marijuana statute if it passes.

“I’ve never seen one be repealed,” said David Waxman, an Ohio attorney who specializes in cannabis law. “That would be extreme anywhere, even in Ohio with a supermajority Republican Legislature. I just don’t see that happening, especially because this is a vote of the citizens of the state. It would be something quite extraordinary if they repealed it.”

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