Ohio Poll Ponders Medical Marijuana
May 13th, 2009 by Rick
A telephone poll taken from April 17 to April 27, out of the University of Cincinnati, revealed that an impressive 73% of the people favor a medical marijuana law. Ed Orlett, a former state legislator and current lobbier for medical marijuana, was surprised by that many people, in every age, race, religion and political affiliation showing a strong support of allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to patients.
Orlett said:
It adds legitimacy to it here in Ohio. [...] Politicians usually tell us, ’If I do this, I’m going to get killed politically.’ Well, apparently not, if you look at this.
Last session, a medical marijuana bill was sponsored by Democrat Tom Roberts out of Dayton, but the legislation died in a committee after a weak debate and Roberts left the Senate. Orlett plans on speaking with some other Senators about sponsoring a new, similar bill.
