Ohio Alternative Medical Treatment Amendment (2015)

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A Ohio Alternative Medical Treatment Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment. If approved by voters, the measure would have done the following:[1]

  • Allowed healthcare providers to recommend cannabis to patients as treatment for certain qualifying medical conditions
  • Protected patients and providers from penalties or disciplinary action for the medical use of cannabis
  • Established a registry program to distinguish between medical and nonmedical use of cannabis
  • Allowed the state to redistribute funds generated through the registry toward the funding of law enforcement, public education and safety resources

Text of measure[edit]

The summary and full text of the measure is available here.[1]

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See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio

Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing. If the initiative's filing was approved, petitioners would have then needed to collect 305,591 signatures by July 1, 2015, to get the initiative placed on the November 2015 ballot.

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