A bill proposed in Ohio seeks to change the state’s voter-approved adult-use cannabis law by reducing the amount of cannabis that can be grown at home, lowering THC levels, increasing the tax, and redirecting tax revenues derived from the industry, Ohio Capital Journal reports. State Sen. Steve Huffman (R), the bill’s primary sponsor, said during testimony last week that the measure “is about government efficiency, consumer and child safety, and maintaining access to voter-approved adult-use marijuana.”
The bill would lower THC levels in concentrates available in the adult-use market from a maximum of 90% to 70%, reduce the number of plants allowed to be cultivated in homes from 12 to six, raise the tax on adult-use products from 10% to 15%, cap the number of active dispensaries at 350, require cannabis to be transported only in the trunk of a vehicle, merge the state’s medical and adult-use cannabis programs under the Division of Cannabis Control, and send all of the revenues generated from adult-use sales to the state’s general fund.
The proposal would also allow cannabis use only in private residences.
Huffman said the bill corrects “some of the societal needs”