The Ohio Ballot Board on Thursday certified the ballot initiative sponsored by Ohioans to End Prohibition titled "Cannabis Control Amendment" as a single issue.

If ratified, the measure would tax marijuana, with the proceeds going to local governments, addiction treatment, as well as medical marijuana research.

Voters would also be able to ban commercial production and distribution of marijuana in their communities.

Petitioners will now need to collect 305,591 signatures, which is equal to 10 percent of the total vote cast for governor in 2014, in order to place the issue on the ballot. 

As part of the total number of signatures needed to place the measure on the ballot, petitioners must also have collected signatures from at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties, and within each of those counties, collect enough signatures equal to five percent of the total vote cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election, 2014.