Chairman of Cincinnati-based Green Light Acquisitions, Jimmy Gould, has proposed an amendment that would allow 21 year or older adults to grow marijuana in their homes for personal or commercial cultivation use.
The proposal would be an Ohio Constitutional amendment that according to Gould, would be a ballot issue that would not conflict with Ohio’s current medical marijuana law. Instead the proposal would expand legalized marijuana use among qualified adults without a physician’s recommendation.
The proposal needs 305,592 signatures in order to allow Ohio voters to vote on it next year.
Gould and his group are planning to circulate the proposal next month.
Gould had said that this ballot proposal is a responsible way to fully legalize marijuana use, cultivation, possession, processing and dispensing, and regulate it like alcohol-related businesses in the state.
“I guess we’ll find out how much adult citizens want to be able to administer (cannabis) for themselves,” Gould remarked. “I think people want to have more control over their lives.”