{"version":1,"id":"us/oh","name":"Ohio, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/oh/","count":4,"totals":{"reports":4,"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":3},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":1,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":2},"latest":"2026-11-02","reports":[{"id":"ashtabula-focht-medical-marijuana-sentence-vacated","code":"CET-6MTQC1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ashtabula-focht-medical-marijuana-sentence-vacated/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6MTQC1/","date":"2026-11-02","added_at":"2026-11-03T18:07:45.846845Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/oh","country_name":"Ohio, United States","place":"Ashtabula County, Ohio","coordinates":[41.7415,-80.7698],"precision":"district","type":"sentence","also":["prosecution"],"title":"Ohio court overturns 3-year term over medical marijuana use","summary":"Ohio's Eleventh District Court of Appeals vacated the 36-month prison term imposed on Amy Arlene Focht after she admitted using medical marijuana while on community control. The court ordered resentencing, finding the trial judge failed to reconsider required sentencing factors and appeared to punish her for contesting the violations.","status":"verified","figures":{"prison":"36 months, vacated"},"tags":["ohio","ashtabula-county","medical-marijuana","probation","appeal"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["Only one accessible source reporting this ruling could be opened, so no second account confirms the details.","The page's lead photograph carries no caption or alternative text establishing that it depicts this case, so no media entry is included.","The article dates the violation hearing only to March 2026 with no day given, so the report is dated at the 2 November 2026 appeal ruling.","The outcome of the ordered resentencing hearing is not yet known."],"sources":[{"title":"Ohio Appeals Court Overturns Three-Year Prison Sentence Following Medical Marijuana Use","url":"https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/11/ohio-appeals-court-overturns-three-year-prison-sentence-following-medical-marijuana-use/","publisher":"The Marijuana Herald","date":"2026-11-03","archived":null}]},{"id":"nelsonville-infant-death-marijuana-charges","code":"CET-RSH2S2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nelsonville-infant-death-marijuana-charges/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RSH2S2/","date":"2026-10-28","added_at":"2026-10-31T22:15:00.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"us/oh","country_name":"Ohio, United States","place":"Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio","coordinates":[39.45889,-82.23611],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["arrest","death"],"title":"Three indicted, two arrested in marijuana-linked death of Athens County infant","summary":"An Athens County grand jury indicted three adults over the February death of a three-month-old girl, including William McCallister, 32, who is wanted on murder and drug charges. The girl's parents, Justin Dye, 25, and Hannah Edinger, 29, were arrested on 28 October and each face a felony child-endangering charge.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":3,"deaths":1},"tags":["ohio","athens-county","nelsonville","child-death","marijuana-death"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["No date is given for the grand jury indictment; the report is dated at the parents' arrests on 28 October 2026.","The sources do not say whether marijuana contributed to the infant's death: the sheriff described fatal injuries, while NBC4 calls the case a marijuana death and quotes the drug counts.","The indictment does not state how much marijuana was involved or whether the juvenile named in the drug counts is the infant.","No trial date or outcome is reported; the parents have pleaded not guilty and McCallister had not been arrested when the reports were published.","The news pages carry booking photographs and a generic image rather than a photograph of the arrests or court proceedings, so no media is listed.","All three accounts draw on statements from the Athens County Sheriff's Office and prosecutor's office; no court filing was opened.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in WTAP: The sheriff's office arrested the girl's parents while the third defendant remains at large.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in WTAP: Justin Dye, 25, and Hannah Edinger, 29, were arrested on 28 October and each faces a felony child-endangering charge.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in WTAP: The girl was left in McCallister's care on 21 February and died on 26 February.","The Yahoo News page is a syndicated copy of the WCMH article already cited in the report, so it adds no independent corroboration."],"sources":[{"title":"Ohio parents arrested, man wanted in marijuana death of infant","url":"https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/athens-county/ohio-parents-arrested-man-wanted-in-marijuana-death-of-infant/amp/","publisher":"NBC4 WCMH-TV","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null},{"title":"Parents arrested, suspect still sought in 3-month-old’s death in Athens County","url":"https://www.wtap.com/2026/10/30/3-people-face-charges-connection-with-3-month-olds-death-athens-county/","publisher":"WTAP","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null},{"title":"Parents charged with child endangerment after infant's death, suspect still at large","url":"https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/parents-charged-with-child-endangerment-after-infants-death-suspect-still-at-large-athens-county-sheriffs-office-rodney-smith-william-mccallister-justin-dye-hannah-edinger-arrested-child-endangerment-charged-fatal-wanted","publisher":"ABC 6 On Your Side (WSYX)","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null},{"title":"Ohio parents arrested, man wanted in marijuana death of infant","url":"https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/athens-county/ohio-parents-arrested-man-wanted-in-marijuana-death-of-infant/","publisher":"NBC4 WCMH-TV","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null},{"title":"Ohio parents arrested, man wanted in marijuana death of infant","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ohio-parents-arrested-man-wanted-120000075.html","publisher":"Yahoo News","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null},{"title":"Three-month-old's death leads to charges against parents, murder indictment for Ohio man","url":"https://local12.com/news/nation-world/baby-infant-death-parents-charged-alex-mccallister-murder-indictment-athens-county-ohio-justin-dye-hannah-edinger","publisher":"Local 12 (WKRC)","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null},{"title":"Ohio parents arrested, man wanted in marijuana death of infant","url":"https://www.aol.com/articles/ohio-parents-arrested-man-wanted-120000000.html","publisher":"AOL","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null},{"title":"Athens County parents indicted after infant daughter died from injuries","url":"https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/regional/2026/10/30/athens-county-parents-indicted-death-infant-daughter-child-endangerment/92525001007/","publisher":"The Columbus Dispatch","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null}]},{"id":"ashville-sturgis-raid-suicide-2014","code":"CET-Y2DJX7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ashville-sturgis-raid-suicide-2014/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Y2DJX7/","date":"2014-09-02","added_at":"2026-11-03T21:10:11.746Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/oh","country_name":"Ohio, United States","place":"Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio","coordinates":[39.717,-82.953],"precision":"locality","type":"death","also":[],"title":"Ohio grower kills himself in standoff as eradication team closes in","summary":"Timothy Sturgis, 42, shot and killed himself on 2 September 2014 after a two-hour standoff when a marijuana eradication task force came to his property outside Ashville, Ohio. A state helicopter had spotted his cannabis plants.","status":"verified","figures":{"deaths":1},"tags":["eradication-task-force","standoff"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The opened sources give no consistent official count of the plants; one estimates about fifteen from the sheriff's-office photographs.","Both opened reports draw on the Columbus Dispatch's original reporting, which could not be reopened, so details rest on those two accounts."],"sources":[{"title":"Ohio Man Kills Self During Marijuana Farm Raid Standoff","url":"https://stopthedrugwar.org/node/31073","publisher":"StoptheDrugWar.org","date":"2014-09-04","archived":null},{"title":"Pot Grower Kills Self During Tense Police Standoff in Ohio","url":"https://www.celebstoner.com/news/marijuana-news/2014/09/04/pot-grower-kills-self-during-tense-police-standoff-in-ohio/","publisher":"CelebStoner","date":"2014-09-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"west-alexandria-helriggle-raid-death-2002","code":"CET-5PNDKA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/west-alexandria-helriggle-raid-death-2002/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5PNDKA/","date":"2002-09-27","added_at":"2026-11-03T16:34:14.920Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/oh","country_name":"Ohio, United States","place":"West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio","coordinates":[39.74,-84.54],"precision":"locality","type":"death","also":["raid"],"title":"West Alexandria farmhouse raid kills Clayton Helriggle","summary":"Preble County officers shot dead 23-year-old Clayton Helriggle during a 27 September 2002 drug raid on a West Alexandria, Ohio farmhouse. Police found only a small amount of marijuana; a grand jury declined to indict any officers, and the family later filed a federal wrongful-death suit.","status":"verified","figures":{"deaths":1},"tags":["raid-death","preble-county"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["No exact figure for the marijuana seized was published beyond a small amount.","No arrest or charge arising from the raid was reported in the opened sources.","The outcome of the family's federal civil suit was not reported in the opened sources.","No photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Latest Report on Drug Raid Cites Lack of Cooperation","url":"https://www.police1.com/swat/articles/latest-report-on-drug-raid-cites-lack-of-cooperation-CJk94t0ktqXp8Ym4/","publisher":"The Associated Press (via Police1)","date":"2005-04-25","archived":null},{"title":"Another Victim of the Law: Clayton Helriggle","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/another-victim-of-the-law-clayton-helriggle.54294/","publisher":"420 Magazine (Marijuana Policy Project reprint)","date":"2006-08-24","archived":null}]}]}