The Columbus Dispatch is partnering with Spectrum News to host a forum on Issue 2 – the recreational marijuana issue on the Nov. 7 ballot.
The forum will be before a live audience at Otterbein University on Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 6 to 7 p.m. You can request tickets for the event and ask your questions at https://forms.gle/CmSZM8BwMaynP7457
The forum will air Oct. 8 on Spectrum News and later on The Columbus Dispatch website.
More:State Issue 2: What to know about Ohio’s recreational marijuana legalization ballot issue
If passed, Issue 2 would:
- Allow Ohioans age 21 and older to buy and possess 2.5 ounces of cannabis and 15 grams of concentrates.
- Allow Ohioans age 21 and older to grow up to six plants individually and no more than 12 in a household with multiple adults.
- Tax products 10%, with revenue going toward administrative costs, addiction treatment programs, municipalities with dispensaries and a social equity and jobs program.
The hour-long forum will be moderated by Spectrum News anchor Curtis Jackson.
Panelists are Issue 2 supporters, state Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, and Thomas Haren, partner and cannabis practice chair at Frantz Ward LLP, and Issue 2 opponents, state Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, and Corinne LaMarca, director of development and national spokesperson for Parents Opposed To Pot.
The panelists will answer questions from readers along with USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau reporters Haley BeMiller and Anna Staver and Spectrum News 1 reporter Samana…
