OHIO — Spectrum News 1 and The Columbus Dispatch will be holding a forum on Issue 2, the recreational marijuana measure that will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.
If Issue 2 passes, the measure would allow Ohioans age 21 and older could grow up to six plants individually, having no more than 12 in a household with multiple adults and buy and possess 2.5 ounces of cannabis and 15 grams of concentrates.
The measure would also have products taxed 10% with revenue going toward administrative costs, addiction treatment programs, municipalities with dispensaries and a social equity and jobs program.
The forum will be before a live audience at Otterbein University on Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Battelle Fine Arts Center, Riley Auditorium, at 170 West Park St. The forum will air Oct. 8 on Spectrum News 1 and later on The Columbus Dispatch website.
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Spectrum News 1's Curtis Jackson will moderate the forum. Panelists include: Issue 2 supporters Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, and Thomas Haren, partner and cannabis practice chair at Frantz Ward LLP. The panel will also include Issue 2 opponents state Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, and Corinne LaMarca, director of development and national spokesperson for Parents Opposed To Pot.
Questions will come from readers, viewers along with USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau reporters Haley BeMiller and Anna Staver and Spectrum News 1 reporter Samana Sheikh.
Early voting begins Oct. 11 and absentee ballots can be requested online at www.ohiosos.gov/ or by calling your local board of elections.