DEPC event: “Implementing Issue 2: Ohio Dives into Adult-Use Marijuana”

I am pleased to be able to spotlight another great Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC) event focused on the implementation of marijuana reforms in the Buckeye State.  This online event,  titled “Implementing Issue 2: Ohio Dives into Adult-Use Marijuana,” will take place on July 16, 2024 from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. EDT.  The event is described this way on this event page (where one can register):

After months of rulemaking, following the template Ohio voters put into law through passage of Issue 2, the Ohio Department of Commerce has established a licensing process for the state’s first adult-use cannabis operators.  Ohio medical marijuana operators have a priority in obtaining adult-use licenses, and Ohio could have adult-use stores operating around the state as soon as this summer.  Yet many questions about industry regulations and operations remain unanswered, including what legal changes might move forward in the Ohio General Assembly, when and how Issue 2’s social equity provisions will be implemented, and the impacts of an adult-use market on the state’s medical marijuana program.  Join the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and our panel of experts on Tuesday, July 16 as we discuss these topics and more.

Panelists:
Thomas Haren, Partner and Cannabis Practice Chair, Frantz Ward
Megan Henry, Reporter, Ohio Capital Journal
Shaleen Title, Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, The Ohio State University; Founder and Director, Parabola Center for Law and Policy

Moderator:
Douglas A. Berman, Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, executive director, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University