Medical Marijuana in Ohio

As of January 2019 medical marijuana is legal in Ohio. What does that mean for you and what are the rules?  Medical Marijuana Legalization Marijuana is only legalized in Ohio for use to treat specific medical conditions and can only be ingested in certain ways....

Stand Your Ground or Retreat?

House Bill 228 went through many changes before it was signed into law late in 2018. The prior law stated that Ohioans had a duty to retreat if possible prior to using deadly force to defend themselves. The provision that was ultimately removed from the new law would...

FDA Approves First Birth Control Pill

Margaret Sanger, who among other things founded Planned Parenthood, met Gregory Goodwin Pincus in 1950. Pincus was an acknowledged expert in mammalian reproduction. Ms. Sanger asked him to pursue the creation of an oral medication that in the words of an angry judge...

Judges & Marriage and Discrimination

The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued a formal Ethics Opinion 485. This opinion states that even if a judge only performs marriages for friends and family he or she may not discriminate by refusing to perform marriages for same-sex couples. The opinion states...

Should the Rapid Extend to Lake County?

For many years, city officials built according to the needs of vehicles. The unspoken belief that making room for cars and trucks meant making way for a modern lifestyle led to the paving of Interstate 90 across prime lakefront property in downtown Cleveland. That...

Home Buyers Get a Break

Mortgage lenders are once again easing guidelines to qualify for a home loan. If you are seeking a home loan and have a higher debt-to-income ratio, you have more options in seeking a home loan than you have in the last decade since the mortgage foreclosure crisis....