While voters chose to legalize recreational marijuana back in November, cities can create their own legislation about how they want to regulate it.
"I think everyone on council respects the fact that in Ohio and within the city of Newark, the voters have said this is the direction that we want to go, and we are respecting that," Newark City Councilman Jonathan Lang told ABC6."We look at medical marijuana here in Newark and expanding on that," Lang said. "Using that as a starting point is a really good way to continue to have a free market but do it in a thoughtful way.
Newark City Councilman Michael Houser said he believes balance is respecting what voters chose in November, but also making decisions that are in the best interest of all Newark residents. "I definitely think there should be some type of regulation, especially where kids are, like sports fields or schools, things like that," one resident said.