Source: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Ohioans will vote on whether to change the state Constitution in November to reduce penalties for nonviolent drug offenders, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's office announced Monday afternoon (Source: “Ohio voters will decide a drug treatment and rehab ballot measure in November,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 23, 2018).
The drug treatment and rehabilitation amendment will be known as Issue 1, Husted's office said.
The proposal -- backed by a bipartisan coalition of civic, law enforcement, faith and business leaders -- would do the following:
Allow people convicted of such crimes to petition a court to reclassify the offense as a misdemeanor, which could result in their release from prison.