To his credit, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has earned a stellar reputation for prioritizing children’s health and well-being during his seven years in office. Across his two terms, DeWine has launched or promoted such children’s health initiatives as expanding mental health services, increasing the quantity and quality of school health clinics and championing programs to improve early childhood care.

It’s not surprising then that he grew impatient with Ohio lawmakers who turned a deaf ear to his repeated appeals over the past two years to protect children from the many documented adverse effects of intoxicating hemp products. As a result, earlier this month, DeWine issued his own emergency executive order banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products throughout the state. It took effect Tuesda

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