COLUMBUS – An Ohio lawmaker says he’s received death threats over a cannabis bill currently moving through the legislature—and he wants to set the record straight.

At last week’s IgniteIt Market Spotlight event in Cincinnati, Rep. Jamie Callendar addressed alleged misinformation spreading online about SB56 .

The legislation builds upon Issue 2, the voter initiative that led to the legalization of adult-use cannabis in the Buckeye State .

Callendar noted that rumors about a home-grow ban and new felonies for certain possession charges are categorically false. He clarified that the only new felony in SB56 would apply to a second offense of selling marijuana to a minor.

“[It’s] the kind of thing that’s led to me having a dozen death threats in the last month, and I’m not real happy a

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