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Michelle Davis

Marcia Hughes

English 1201

17 March 2019

Legalization of Medical Marijuana in Ohio

Jeremy Noble wrote an article for Crain’s Cleveland Business, “Ohio’s Marijuana

Program Slow to Metamorphize” on March 24, 2018, depicting the different views of how long

it takes for the program and a variety of interviews why stakeholders. The article gave a good

look into the fact that things do not happen overnight. People are unrealistic about instant

gratification of anything, including legalization of marijuana. It also gives statistics on projected

revenue, and a breakdown of cultivators, processors, and dispensaries. The purpose for this

writer would to enlighten cultivators, testing labs, dispensaries, and persons interested in why it

is taking longer than expected. It was trying to bring reality to everyone who would benefit from

medical marijuana the reasons as to what holds up the progress and why. Jeremy Noble is the

writer of this piece, but he does use a lot of quotes from people in the industry of producing

medical marijuana. The business he writes for has been in business for over 35 years as a trusted

source for business. The writer has a bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism from Kent State

University. This annotation will help with giving me financial facts about how much goes into

the legalization of marijuana and the problems that were faced to get the process up and running.

Chris Stewart and Laura A. Bischoff, staff writers for The Dayton Daily News online

article on October 13, 2018 wrote about Medical Marijuana in Ohio: 8 key questions answered as

the program nears. It gives insight into the legalization of marijuana in Ohio, how it came about,
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information about licensing for growers, physicians, dispensaries, what is permitted and barred

as usages for marijuana, lab testing, approved diagnosis’, registration for patients and caregivers,

and when it can be purchased. The writer’s purpose is to educate the general public. More so the

people who are interested in becoming registered patient, caregiver, licensed physician,

dispensary, or grower, and to those with a political view on the prospect. Unfortunately, this is an

older article and some of this information has already taken place. Even though it is an older

article it was still helpful. It has additional links to find more recent information and I found new

information I did not know. The writers, Chris Stewart and Laura A. Bischoff, are credible

because they work for The Dayton Daily News. They must report to an editor and their facts

must be correct or they would have to write a retraction. Dayton Daily News has been around

since 1892 and has had multiple writers win the Pulitzer Prize. This piece will help me in

showing the facts that support my thesis of how and why marijuana became legal in Ohio. It has

given me information that medical marijuana is illegal in the combusted form. You are only

permitted to use in certain ways, edibles, oils, tincture, patches, and vaping.

Cmdr. John Burke is a writer for Pharmacy Times who wrote an article on October 11,

2018 entitled: Medical Marijuana in Ohio. The writer gives his own opinion of how the

legalization of medical marijuana should be handled. He doesn’t deny that it is helpful to patients

but, is skeptical in how it is being handled. His purpose for his article is to put forward his own

opinion and to shed some light on the difference of medical marijuana approval compared to

pharmaceutical companies’ scrutiny. Commander John Burke has been in law enforcement for

40 years, past president of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators and is

writing for Pharmacy Times. Pharmacy Times has been around since 1897 and has been the #1
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full-service pharmacy media source in the industry. I will use this article to help assist in some of

the same skeptics I have thought about and help to answer those questions.

State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, State Medical Board of Ohio, and Ohio Department of

Commerce on September 8, 2016 started putting together a program for the purpose of

everyone’s interest about Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program online at

medicalmarijuana.ohio.gov. In general, this website has everything you would need to know

about the program. The whole purpose was to try to make the transition and questions about the

newly adopted medical marijuana bill a smoother process for everyone. It gives links to where to

find physicians, dispensaries, and registration. The writer is credible because it is the State of

Ohio and they are the ones making the rules. I will use the information I have found on this site

for most of my thesis. This program was set up and will be maintained by them.
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Works Cited

Crain's Cleveland Business.

https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180323/news/155981/ampltbampgtohios-
marijuana-program-slow-metamorphizeampltbampgt. 24 March 2018. 17 March 2019.

Dayton Daily News. https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/medical-marijuana-your-doctor-state-

certified-recommend-pot-find-out/pB1kjjcEr40H126USnOfSP/. 12 July 2018. 17 March 2019.

Pharmacy Times. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2018/october2018/medical-

marijuana-in-ohio. 11 october 2018. 17 03 2019.

State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, State Medical Board of Ohio, Ohio Department of Commerce.
https://www.medicalmarijuana.ohio.gov/. 8 september 2016. 30 01 2019.