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Legislation passes in Ohio House to regulate medical marijuana

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Medical marijuana could soon be legal in Ohio. The Ohio House passed legislation that would legalize and regulate cannabis Tuesday, May 10. House Bill 523 calls for creating a Medical Marijuana Control Commission. That body would be in charge of setting the rules and licensing cannabis. From the time those rules are adopted, the bill stipulates that the State's medical marijuana program would have to be fully operational within a year. A mother from Leesburg, Ohio doesn't think that's quick enough, "I feel like we should be able to access [medical marijuana] as soon as the bill goes through, not one to two years from now because kids like Savannah don't have one to two years to wait for this to pass through," said Scarlett Leisure. Savannah has a rare form of epilepsy that Leisure regulates with legal hemp oil. When the seizures are bad, she'll use a more concentrated cannabis oil as a rescue medication. She said her 16-month-old has blossomed after she weaned her off of powerful prescription medications. "It wasn't until December when we weaned her off of the medication that she went from not being able to function to holding her head up, she's crawling now, and she's really a completely different baby," said Leisure. Leisure has been canvassing for Ohioans for Medical Marijuana. The group is proposing an amendment to the state's constitution that would legalize marijuana on a broader scale than House Bill 523. Attorney General Mike DeWine doesn't think an amendment is the right course to take. "It is correct for the state legislature to take a look at this and see if they can come up and craft a bill that is narrowly focused," DeWine said at a news conference Tuesday. State Representative Alicia Reece, (D) Bond Hill, didn't support the measure and explained her hesitation to colleagues at the statehouse, "I wonder, should it be a bill or should it be taken to the people and be in the constitution? And that's where I'm kind of--because I'm always a believer in the people. I always think the people know best," said Reece. The bill now goes to the Senate. It could be on the governor's desk by the end of May 2016.