513.01 DEFINITIONS.

(d) "Adult use cannabis operator" means a level I adult use cultivator, a level II adult use cultivator, a level III adult use cultivator, an adult use processor, and adult use dispensary.

(e) "Adult use extract" or "extract" means a substance obtained by separating or concentrating cannabinoids and other compounds from any part of the adult use cannabis plant by physical or chemical means, intended to be refined for use as an ingredient in an adult use cannabis product or as a standalone adult use cannabis product.

(f) "Controlled substance" means a drug, compound, mixture, preparation or substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V.

(g) "Cultivate" means to grow, harvest, package, and transport cannabis as described and regulated in R.C. §§ 2925.04 and 3780.29.

(h) "Dispense" means sell, leave with, give away, dispose of or deliver.

(i) "Distribute" means to deal in, ship, transport or deliver but does not include administering or dispensing a drug.

(j) "Enclosed" for the purposes of this chapter, when referring to an exterior area outside of the living area of the residence, means fencing of at least six feet in height, constructed of masonry, wood, vinyl, or similar quality materials which fully obscures the contents of the enclosed area (no "chain link") and is permitted in accordance with Chapter 1153 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances.

(k) "Hypodermic" means a hypodermic syringe or needle, or other instrument or device for the subcutaneous injection of medication.

(l) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures a controlled substance as "manufacture" is defined in R.C. § 3715.01.

(m) "Official written order" means an order written on a form provided for that purpose by the Director of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, under any laws of the United States making provision therefor, if such order forms are authorized and required by Federal law.

(n) "Pharmacist" means a person licensed under R.C. Chapter 4729 to engage in the practice of pharmacy.

(o) "Pharmacy" has the same meaning as in R.C. 4729.01.

(p) "Poison" means any drug, chemical, or preparation likely to be deleterious or destructive to adult human life in quantities of four grams or less.

(q) "Licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs", "prescribe" and "prescription" have the same meanings as in R.C. § 4729.01.

(r) "Sale" includes delivery, barter, exchange, transfer or gift, or offer thereof, and each such transaction made by any person, whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee.

(s) "Schedule I", "Schedule II", "Schedule III", "Schedule IV" and "Schedule V" mean controlled substance Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V respectively, established pursuant to R.C. § 3719.41, as amended pursuant to R.C. § 3719.43 or 3719.44.

(t) "Wholesaler" means a person who, on official written orders other than prescriptions, supplies controlled substances that he himself has not manufactured, produced or prepared and includes "wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs" as the term is defined in R.C. § 4729. 02.

(ORC 3719.01)

(u) "Drug of abuse" means any controlled substance as defined in subsection (b) hereof, any harmful intoxicant as defined in subsection (x) hereof and any dangerous drug as defined in subsection (r) hereof. (ORC 3719.011)

(v) "Dangerous drug" means any of the following:

(1) Any drug to which either of the following applies:

A. Under the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act", 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, the drug is required to bear a label containing the legend "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian" or any similar restrictive statement, or the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription;

B. Under R.C. Chapter 3715 or 3719, the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription.

(2) Any drug that contains a Schedule V narcotic drug and that is exempt from R.C. Chapter 3719 or to which that chapter does not apply;

(3) Any drug intended for administration by injection into the human body other than through a natural orifice of the human body.

(w) "Bulk amount" of a controlled substance means any of the following:

(1) An amount equal to or exceeding ten grams or twenty-five unit doses of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or which contains any amount of, a Schedule I opiate or opium derivative, or cocaine;

(2) An amount equal to or exceeding ten grams of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, raw or gum opium;

(3) An amount equal to or exceeding 200 grams of marihuana, or an amount equal to or exceeding ten grams of the resin contained in marihuana, or of any extraction or preparation of the resin contained in marihuana, or equal to or exceeding two grams of the resin contained in marihuana in a liquid concentrate, liquid extract or liquid distillate form;

(4) An amount equal to or exceeding thirty grams or ten unit doses of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, a Schedule I hallucinogen other than tetrahydracannabinol, lysergic acid diethylamide, lysergic acid amide, or marihuana or a Schedule I depressant;

(5) An amount equal to or exceeding twenty grams or five times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, a Schedule II opiate or opium derivative;

(6) An amount equal to or exceeding one gram or ten unit doses of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, lysergic acid diethylamide, lysergic acid amide tetrahydracannabinol;

(7) An amount equal to or exceeding five grams or ten unit doses of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, phencyclidine;

(8) An amount equal to or exceeding 120 grams or thirty times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, a Schedule II stimulant or depressant substance, or a Schedule III or IV substance;

(9) An amount equal to or exceeding 250 milliliters or 250 grams of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance which is, or contains any amount of, a Schedule V substance.

(x) "Unit dose" means an amount or unit of a compound, mixture or preparation containing a controlled substance, such amount or unit being separately identifiable and in such form as to indicate that it is the amount or unit by which the controlled substance is separately administered to or taken by an individual.

(y) "Cultivate" includes planting, watering, fertilizing or tilling.

(z) "Drug abuse offense" means any of the following:

(1) A violation of R.C. § 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04 to 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.31, 2925.32, 2925.36 or 2925.37; or a violation of R.C. § 2913.02(A) that constitutes theft of drugs;

(2) A violation of an existing or former law of this or any other state or of the United States, that is substantially equivalent to any section listed in subsection (v)(1) hereof;

(3) An offense under an existing or former law of this or any other state, or of the United States, of which planting, cultivating, harvesting, processing, making, manufacturing, producing, shipping, transporting, delivering, acquiring, possessing, storing, distributing, dispensing, selling, inducing another to use, administering to another, using or otherwise dealing with a controlled substance is an element;

(4) A conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in committing or attempting to commit any offense under subsection (v)(1), (v)(2) or (v)(3) hereof.

(aa) "Felony drug abuse offense" means any drug abuse offense that would constitute a felony under the laws of this state except a violation of R.C. § 2925.11.

(bb) "Harmful intoxicant" does not include beer or intoxicating liquor, but means any compound, mixture, preparation or substance the gas, fumes or vapor of which when inhaled can induce intoxication, excitement, giddiness, irrational behavior, depression, stupefaction, paralysis, unconsciousness, asphyxiation or other harmful physiological effects, and includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Any volatile organic solvent, plastic cement, model cement, fingernail polish remover, lacquer thinner, cleaning fluid, gasoline, and any other preparation containing a volatile organic solvent;

(2) Any aerosol propellant;

(3) Any fluorocarbon refrigerant;

(4) Any anesthetic gas.

(cc) "Manufacture" means to plant, cultivate, harvest, process, make, prepare or otherwise engage in any part of the production of a drug by propagation, extraction, chemical synthesis or compounding, or any combination of the same, and includes packaging, repackaging, labeling and other activities incident to production.

(dd) "Possess" or "possession" means having control over a thing or substance but may not be inferred solely from mere access to the thing or substance through ownership or occupation of the premises upon which the thing or substance is found.

(ee) "Sample drug" means a drug or pharmaceutical preparation that would be hazardous to health or safety if used without the supervision of a practitioner, or a drug of abuse, and that, at one time, had been placed in a container plainly marked as a sample by a manufacturer.

(ff) "Standard Pharmaceutical Reference Manual" means the current edition, with cumulative changes if any, of any of the following reference works:

(1) "The National Formulary";

(2) "The United States Pharmacopeia", prepared by authority of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.;

(3) Other standard references that are approved by the State Board of Pharmacy.

(gg) "Juvenile" means a person under eighteen years of age.

(ORC 2925.01)

(hh) "Drug paraphernalia."

(1) Means all equipment, products and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter. It includes, but is not limited to:

A. Kits used, intended for use or designed for use in the planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived;

B. Kits used, intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing or preparing controlled substances;

C. Isomerization devices used, intended for use or designed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;

D. Testing equipment used, intended for use or designed for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances;

E. Scales and balances used, intended for use or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances;

F. Diluents and adulterants such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used, intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlled substances;

G. Separation gins and sifters used, intended for use or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, marihuana;

H. Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and mixing devices used, intended for use or designed for use in compounding controlled substances;

I. Capsules, balloons, envelopes and other containers used, intended for use or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances;

J. Containers and other objects used, intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances;

K. Hypodermic syringes, needles and other objects used, intended for use or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body; and

L. Objects used, intended for use or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing marihuana, cocaine, hashish or hashish oil into the human body, such as:

1. Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;

2. Water pipes;

3. Carburetion tubes and devices;

4. Smoking and carburetion masks;

5. Roach clips: meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as a marihuana cigarette, that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand;

6. Miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials;

7. Chamber pipes;

8. Carburetor pipes;

9. Electric pipes;

10. Air-driven pipes;

11. Chillums;

12. Bongs; and

13. Ice pipes or chillers.

(2) In determining whether an object is "drug paraphernalia", a court or other authority should consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:

A. Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;

B. Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any City, State or Federal law relating to any controlled substance;

C. The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of this chapter;

D. The proximity of the object to controlled substances;

E. The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;

F. Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object to deliver it to persons whom he knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of this chapter; the innocence of an owner or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of this chapter shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use as "drug paraphernalia";

G. Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;

H. Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;

I. National and local advertising concerning its use;

J. The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;

K. Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object(s) to the total sales of the business enterprise;

L. The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community; and

M. Expert testimony concerning its use.

(ii) "School premises" means either of the following:

(1) The parcel of real property on which any school is situated, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities or training provided by the school, is being conducted on the premises at the time a criminal offense is committed; or

(2) Any other parcel of real property that is owned or leased by a board of education of a school or the governing body of a school for which the State Board of Education prescribes minimum standards under R.C. § 3301.07, and on which some of the instruction, extracurricular activities or training of the school is conducted, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities or training provided by the school is being conducted on the parcel of real property at the time a criminal offense is committed.

(jj) "School building" means any building in which any of the instruction, extracurricular activities or training provided by a school is conducted, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities or training provided by the school is being conducted in the school building at the time a criminal offense is committed.

(kk) "Counterfeit controlled substance" means:

(1) Any drug that bears, or whose container or label bears, a trademark, trade name or other identifying mark used without authorization of the owner of rights to that trademark, trade name or identifying mark;

(2) Any unmarked or unlabeled substance that is represented to be a controlled substance manufactured, processed, packed or distributed by a person other than the person that manufactured, processed, packed or distributed it;

(3) Any substance that is represented to be a controlled substance but is not a controlled substance or is a different controlled substance; or

(4) Any substance other than a controlled substance that a reasonable person would believe to be a controlled substance because of its similarity in shape, size and color, or its marking, labeling, packaging, distribution or the price for which it is sold or offered for sale.

(ll) An offense is "committed in the vicinity of a school" if the offender commits the offense on school premises, in a school building, or within 1,000 feet of the boundaries of any school premises.

(Ord. 40-2023. Passed 5-6-23.)

513.02 GIFT OF MARIHUANA.

(a) No person shall knowingly make a gift of, or possess for the purpose of making a gift of, or receive as a gift adult use cannabis that exceeds:

(1) Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extract;

(2) Fifteen grams of adult use cannabis in the form of adult use extract;

(3) More than six cannabis plants to an adult consumer; or

(4) Any amount in any form to a person that is under the age of twenty-one unless authorized by R.C. Chapter 3796.

(b) Whoever violates paragraph (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree for any subsequent offense provided the offense does not involve a violation of R.C. § 2925.03(A)(1), (5), (7) or (10) that was committed on school premises, in a school building, or within 1,000 feet of the boundaries of any school premises, or that was committed within 100 feet of any juvenile or within the view of any juvenile, whether or not the offender knows the age of the juvenile, if the offender knows the juvenile is within 100 feet or within view of the commission of the offense, or the juvenile views the commission of the offense. If the offense involves a violation of R.C. § 2925.03(A)(1), (5), (7) or (10) that was committed on school premises, in a school building, or within 1,000 feet of the boundaries of any school premises, or that was committed within 100 feet of any juvenile or within the view of any juvenile, whether or not the offender knows the age of the juvenile, if the offender knows the juvenile is within 100 feet or within view of the commission of the offense, or the juvenile views the commission of the offense, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(d) In addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this section, the Court may proceed as provided in R.C. § 2925.03(M) and the State Registrar of Motor Vehicles shall proceed as provided in R.C. § 4507.169.

(Ord. 40-2023. Passed 5-6-24.)

513.021 HOME GROW.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code, the following acts by an adult use consumer are lawful:

(1) Cultivating, growing, and possessing not more than six cannabis plants at the individual's primary residence, if all of the following apply:

A. Not more than twelve cannabis plants are cultivated or grown at a single residence where two or more individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age reside at any one time; and

B. Cultivation or growing of adult use cannabis only takes place within a secured closet, room, greenhouse, or other enclosed area in or on the grounds of the residence that prevents access by individuals less than twenty-one years of age, and which is not visible by normal unaided vision from a public space;

(2) Processing by manual or mechanical means adult use cannabis cultivated or grown in accordance with this section; or

(3) Transferring up to six cannabis plants to an adult use consumer as long as the transfer is without remuneration and not advertised or promoted to the public.

(b) An adult use consumer may store at their primary residence adult use cannabis that was purchased from an adult use dispensary licensed under this chapter or produced in compliance with this section.

(1) Cultivate, grow, or process adult use cannabis except at the individual's primary residence;

(2) Permit individuals less than twenty-one years of age to use, cultivate, process, transfer, or transport adult use cannabis;

(3) Process adult use cannabis by hydrocarbon-based extraction; or

(4) Sell, or profit from, adult use cannabis except as specifically authorized in this chapter.

(d) A landlord may prohibit conduct otherwise authorized under subsection (a) hereof so long as such prohibition is included in the applicable lease agreement.

(e) If an individual is in violation of any division of this section, they are guilty of unlawful home grow, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(f) If an individual cultivates or grows two or more times the maximum number of cannabis plants permitted under subsection (a) hereof or transfers cannabis plants in violation of paragraph (a)(3) hereof, the individual is guilty of the illegal trafficking in drugs under R.C. § 2925.03 and the illegal manufacture of drugs under R.C. § 2925.04.

(Ord. 40-2023. Passed 5-6-24.)

513.022 MARIHUANA POSSESSION, CONSUMPTION OR TRANSFER BY PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.

(a) Any person under the age of twenty-one who possesses, uses, or transfers cannabis in any form, unless otherwise permitted by R.C. Chapter 3796 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(b) (1) An individual under twenty-one years of age who knowingly shows or gives false information concerning the individual's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining adult use cannabis from an adult use dispensary licensed under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If, in committing a first violation, the offender presented to an adult use dispensary licensed under this chapter a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver's license issued by any state that has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months.

(2) On a second violation in which, for the second time, the offender presented to an adult use dispensary licensed under this chapter a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver's license issued by any state that has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. The court also may impose a class seven suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of R.C. § 4510.02. The court, in lieu of suspending the offender's temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license, instead may order the offender to perform a determinate number of hours of community service, with the court determining the actual number of hours and the nature of the community service the offender shall perform.

(3) On a third or subsequent violation in which, for the third or subsequent time, the offender presented to an adult use dispensary licensed under this chapter a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver's license issued by any state that has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. Except as provided in this division, the court also may impose a class six suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(6) of R.C. § 4510.02, and the court may order that the suspension or denial remain in effect until the offender attains the age of twenty-one years. The court, in lieu of suspending the offender's temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license, instead may order the offender to perform a determinate number of hours of community service, with the court determining the actual number of hours and the nature of the community service the offender shall perform.

(c) An individual who is under twenty-one years of age and who solicits another individual to purchase adult use cannabis from a licensed marihuana dispensary licensed under this chapter is guilty of:

(1) For a first violation, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; and

(2) For a second or subsequent violation, a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(d) An employee or agent of an licensed marihuana dispensary who knowingly sells cannabis to an individual under twenty-one years of age is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(e) It is unlawful for any parent or guardian to knowingly permit their residence, any other private property under their control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or watercraft under their control to be used by an invitee of the parent's child or the guardian's ward, if the invitee is under twenty-one years of age, in a manner that constitutes a violation of this chapter.

(1) A parent or guardian is deemed to have knowingly permitted their residence, any other private property under their control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or watercraft under their control to be used in violation of this chapter if they knowingly authorize or permit consumption of cannabis by underage invitees.

(2) Where the residence or other property has an owner and a tenant or lessee, the trier of fact may infer that the residence or other property is occupied only by the tenant or lessee.

(d) Any violation of subsection (e) hereof is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(Ord. 40-2023. Passed 5-6-24.)

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