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wildbilln864

(13,382 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2015, 10:48 PM Mar 2015

Is Ohio, long considered the nation's leading political bellwether state, going to pot?

If some big-money investors, former sports stars and grassroots activists get their way, voters in November could make Ohio the first state to go directly from a total ban on marijuana to one allowing production and consumption of both medical and recreational marijuana.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/08/ohio-trendy-pot-state-column/24604113/
and:
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/03/36_million_raised_for_ohio_mar.html