Ohio, prepare for Marijuana Battle 2015

COLUMBUS – In this corner, we have pro-pot group ResponsibleOhio with about $20 million to spend on advertising, a new bus headed to 88 counties and polls that say most Ohioans are fine with legalizing at least medicinal pot.

In the other corner, we have Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies, a group of pediatricians, manufacturers, farmers and police officers who say legalizing marijuana would put children at risk and create an oligopoly that’s bad for Ohio business.

Let Battle of the Blunt 2015 begin.

Last week, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted confirmed that ResponsibleOhio had collected enough signatures to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot. That means Ohioans will vote on whether they want to create 10 commercial pot farms across the state and allow individuals older than 21 to grow up to four flowering plants, which could be shared but not sold.

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