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Ohio's proposal to legalize recreational and medical marijuana is being met with opposition from residents who generally support legalizing pot. iStockphoto hide caption
Yellow Springs is a small college town in Ohio that has more than one head shop and a lot of tie-dye and hemp.
Many would consider it ground zero for likely supporters of the referendum on the ballot this November that could make Ohio the fifth state to legalize recreational and medical marijuana.
But the proposal is drawing some unusual opposition — and it's coming from residents who generally support legalizing marijuana.
Samantha Van Ness is among them. While she's all for legalizing marijuana, the 25-year-old says she's dead set against the amendment that will be on the ballot.
"I would rather take the minor misdemeanor fine than let someone have such a massive monopoly in my state," she says.
And that's the word lots of...
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