Ohio votes: Eyes on nation's only 2015 legalization bid

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The only cannabis legalization-related question on any state ballot this year is in Ohio, where voters were deciding Tuesday whether to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical use in a single stroke.

If it passes, Ohio would become the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana and would hand over exclusive rights in the state’s cannabis-growing business to a limited circle of private investors that include some famous names.

The proposed constitutional amendment, known as Issue 3, would allow adults 21 and older to grow, possess and use pot while making it available for medical use. Ohioans would be able to buy marijuana, pot-infused candies and other related products from potentially 1,100-plus retail stores.

Home-growers would be limited to four flowering marijuana plants and 8 ounces of usable marijuana at a given time for personal use.

Pot sold commercially would have to come from 10 authorized growing...

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