Matt Huffman

Nearly three months after Ohio overwhelmingly voted to legalize adult-use marijuana, the state regulators have released the initial set of proposed rules for the new market. As first reported by Marijuana Moment, the state Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) said on Monday stakeholders who are...

With both chambers of the Ohio legislature scheduled to have one more session each before taking a month off in March, the question of coming up with rules for legal marijuana sales is lingering in the air. Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) said he is working toward getting something...

An Ohio Senate committee has approved a bill that would make dramatic changes to the voter-approved initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis, known as Issue 2, which goes into effect on December 7. The new bill seeks to eliminate home cultivation, increase the...

With just days to go before Ohio's recreational marijuana law takes effect, GOP lawmakers were scrambling to make changes to the legislation. President of the Ohio Senate Matt Huffman announced his chamber would begin amending the legislation next week. The move comes amidst...

As promised, Ohio’s Republican-dominated legislature has begun chipping away at the voter-approved initiative, known as Issue 2, that legalized adult-use cannabis.  The Ohio General Assembly introduced House Bill 341 on Tuesday, the first so far that would change...

Despite the incessant nitpicking on the part of Ohio’s Republican leadership, which is seeking changes to the Nov. 7 voter-approved initiative that legalized adult-use cannabis, one Cleveland representative has stepped up to question what many are calling anti-...

Rob Moore, an analyst at Scioto Analysis, looked at the outcome of altering how Ohio had planned to use the hundreds of millions in revenue expected to be raised by excise taxes on the state's new legal market.   Gov. Mike DeWine and state Senate...

As promised, Ohio’s Republican leadership is stepping up its efforts to alter the successful cannabis legalization initiative that passed on November 7 by a comfortable margin. President of the Ohio Senate Matt Huffman (R) said he is in agreement with Gov. Mike DeWine (R) that...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) met Monday with the state House Speaker Jason Stephens (R) and Senate President Matt Huffman (R) to discuss possible changes to the recently approved Issue 2, an adult-use cannabis legalization bill. While DeWine was reluctant to share...

Ohio's Senate president Matt Huffman just said no to recreational marijuana. Speaking to reporters, Huffman, a Republican and one of the most powerful figures in state politics, emphasized that no road to recreational marijuana will run through him. "I don't want anybody to...