Ohioans Are Taking the First Step Toward Getting Medical Marijuana

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Ohioans Are Taking the First Step Toward Getting Medical Marijuana

海角破解版 | By Jo Ingles

Published January 2, 2019 at 5:45 AM EST

Photo of marijuana leaves — More than 3,500 people have activated their marijuana registry cards.

Thousands of Ohioans have already received the paperwork they need to access medical marijuana and are ready to get it when it becomes available.

The has more than 350 doctors, and the has been accepting patient registrations for nearly a month. There are 4,964 recommendations in the Patient and Caregiver Registry. Of those, 3,575 people have activated their registry cards. Ohioans with are eligible to participate in the program when it comes online. Officials say they expect that to happen on a limited basis in early January.

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Jo Ingles

Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment. Jo started her career in Louisville, Kentucky in the mid 80鈥檚 when she helped produce a televised presidential debate for ABC News, worked for a creative services company and served as a general assignment report for a commercial radio station. In 1989, she returned back to her native Ohio to work at the WOSU Stations in Columbus where she began a long resume in public radio.

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