COLUMBUS – The Ohio General Assembly in September has been expected to make changes in the cannabis law voters approved in 2024, but it now appears likely that most of the main provisions for cannabis users won’t be modified.

Ohio House members, whether or not they wanted legal weed, have largely agreed the will of the voters should be respected, said state Rep. Tex Fischer, R-Boardman, a House leader on marijuana policy.

As a result, people who voted to legalize marijuana sales likely will be OK with the changes that finally emerge, Fischer predicts.

Ohio Senate proposals were defeated largely because of Ohio House opposition, which included:

• Hiking taxes on retail sales

• Prosecuting people who give a small amount of weed to a friend

• Cutting the number of marijuana plants peopl

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