Despite statewide legalization, Ohio officials on Monday once again released tens of thousands of federal funds, allowing the Butler County Sheriff’s Office to patrol the skies in a helicopter seeking illegal marijuana grows.
Ohioans in two-adult households can lawfully grow up to 12 marijuana plants since voters legalized possession and home production of marijuana in 2023. Growing more without a permit is illegal.
But from 2012 through the coming fiscal year, the Ohio Attorney General’s office will have contracted with the county sheriff’s office for nearly $1.5 million patrolling for cannabis grows from above, state records show…