Ross Twp. extends pot ban

The nascent cannabis industry will only have 19 months, depending on when the licenses are awarded in November, to get products in the hands of patients. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH FILE PHOTO

The nascent cannabis industry will only have 19 months, depending on when the licenses are awarded in November, to get products in the hands of patients. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH FILE PHOTO
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By Denise Callahan
Sept 8, 2017
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The rules governing the production and sale of medical marijuana are due today and the Ross Twp. trustees extended their moratorium another six months Thursday night so they can review the procedures.

The trustees first put a ban on the cultivation, processing and distribution of the drug a year ago when it officially became medically legal in the state. At that time Ross Twp. Trustee Tom Willsey said officials are neither “pro or con” on the issue of medical marijuana, they are just using an abundance of caution.

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“The law hasn’t been written, the restrictions haven’t been put in place,” he said to the Journal-News. “We don’t want to stop something that may be good for the community but we also don’t want something to happen that may be bad for the community. We want to understand more about what’s going on, and at this point there’s not a lot of information.”

Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law last year a bill that legalizes marijuana for medicinal uses, including cancer, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder or chronic pain. It allows multiple forms of medical marijuana to be sold, such as edibles, oils, patches and vaporizing, but smoking the plant is not allowed. Neither are home-grow operations.

So far in Butler County, Hamilton, Middletown and Fairfield have banned the sale of the drug — and Middletown and Fairfield have also banned cultivation and production of medical marijuana — and Liberty, Fairfield, Ross and West Chester townships have placed moratoriums on the industry.

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