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MEDICAL MARIJUANA GETS HEARING AT OHIO STATEHOUSE PDF Print E-mail Ohio Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice to Hear Sponsor Testimony on SB 74 (Columbus, OH) — The Ohio Patient Network is pleased to learn that, on Wednesday, November 15, the Ohio Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice will hear sponsor testimony from Senator Robert Hagan (D-33) concerning SB 74, Ohio’s medical marijuana act. This legislation to protect Ohio’s cannabis patients from prosecution was introduced by Senator Hagan in February of 2005. Among other provisions, SB 74: ¨ Modifies various sections of the Ohio Revised Code to regulate the medical use of marijuana under the direction of a patient’s physician; ¨ Establishes a patient registry with the Ohio Department of Health and mandates that a patient application and identification process be instituted to identify authorized patients to law enforcement personnel; ¨ Requires the issuance of identification cards by the Department of Health to patients and caregivers; ¨ Properly identifies and limits the amounts, and standardizes the weighing process of marihuana permitted under the law; ¨ Establishes a method of scientific evaluation and public comment for the purpose of evaluating the conditions for which medical use shall be authorized; ¨ Protects the public health and welfare by prohibiting the use of medical marihuana in schools, civic centers, public recreation centers, youth centers, places of employment, on public transportation, or in a …