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Pro-pot ResponsibleOhio drops new ballot initiatives

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 01/15/2016 - 18:28

ResponsibleOhio, the group that pushed to legalize marijuana in Ohio, has disbanded. 

The organization's announcement comes with a big shift in the fight to make pot legal. The group gathered more than 30,000 signatures to get its initiative to legalize medical marijuana and recreational pot use. Last November, voters decided against the plan.

After more than a $20 million effort, co-founder Jimmy Gould of ResponsibleOhio announced he is backing down.

According to the Telegraph-Forum report, Co-founder Jimmy Gould told the newspaper: "When you lose, you get back up on your feet and take the best path that is available to you," 

And they say they're going in a different direction. Gould will join a legislative lead task to investigate the benefits of legalizing medical use of marijuana, which has far greater support in Ohio, according to recent poll numbers

Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C., have legalized cannabis for medical use, even though the federal government still list it as a...

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