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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Marijuana

CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit brought by three Ohioans who tried to get initiatives to decriminalize marijuana on local ballots during the 2020 election but said it was too difficult for them to do so due to the pandemic. The election is over and “with it the prospect that plaintiffs can get any relief they asked for,” the court ruled.

Read the opinion here.

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