Petition for marijuana reform gets 3,000 Ross signatures

CHILLICOTHE – A petition containing more than 3,000 signatures from Ross County in support of mairjuana reform has been presented to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office.

The petition, turned in by ResponsibleOhio, was signed by 695,273 state residents. ResponsibleOhio projects the legal marijuana market will stabilize by 2020, and that the industry will generate $554 million in new tax revenue statewide.

The group states Ross County would receive about $3.302 million in new tax revenue each year, should the amendment to legalize marijuana for medical use and personal use by adults 21 years of age and older pass.

The petition has gained enough signatures for the issue to appear on the November ballot.

“I am so proud of the hard work and dedication our team has shown in gathering this many signatures,” said Ian James, ResponsibleOhio executive director. “We look forward to continuing our conversation with voters about the urgency of marijuana reform, the critical need to offer patients access to medical marijuana and the thousands of jobs that will be created by legalizing marijuana.”