EFFORT TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN OHIO FAILS TO GET SIGNATURES

COLUMBUS - An effort to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio was stopped
in its tracks Wednesday when supporters failed to get enough valid
signatures on petitions, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike
DeWine's office.

The proposal needed 1,000 signatures, but just 534 of the 2,134 turned
in by supporters were deemed to be valid, according to a release to
the media from DeWine's office.

The signatures were needed to begin the process of giving voters a
chance to consider the proposed Ohio Alternative Treatment Amendment
to the Ohio Constitution in 2012. Supporters proposed making it legal
for doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients and for those patients
to possess it.