In my clinic, policy isn’t just a debate—it’s in the eyes of patients asking: 'Am I still protected?' While 57% of Ohioans voted for a compassionate market, SB 56 undermines that intent by stripping employment protections and recriminalizing possession. As a physician, I see the danger when rules shift and trust weakens. Staying in the regulated medical program remains the safest path for consistency, legal security, and clinical guidance.

As physicians who have spent years advocating for the therapeutic potential of cannabis and CBD, we have often felt like we was practicing medicine with one hand tied behind our backs. For decades, the federal government’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I  substance—the same category as heroin—implied it had "no currently accepted medical use." That changed this week. With the recent executive action to move cannabis to Schedule III , we are witnessing the most sign