(The Center Square) – Voters who overwhelmingly approved recreational marijuana use in Ohio could soon experience restrictions.

Despite the new constitutional amendment that spelled out marijuana regulations, lawmakers want to tighten the reins by limiting where it can be smoked, how it can be transported and the penalties for breaking the law.

Lawmakers, however, did keep a 36% cannabis tax that goes toward communities that allow a dispensary.

A plan to increase the tax on recreational marijuana from 10% to 15%, however, did not make the final compromise. However, constitutional mandates on how the tax money will be spent were changed.

Originally, voters approved allocating the money for a substance abuse fund, a social equity fund, communities with dispensaries and administrative cos

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