Of all the things that former 98 Degrees member, Nick Lachey, can own, he's probably pretty happy to be part owner in what could turn out the be a profitable marijuana field, if his state legalizes it.

According to E Online, government officials in Ohio will be meeting on Tuesday to decide if the state will officially legalize marijuana. If so, the state will regulate the growth of the plant and will only allow ten specific farms to grow the plant on a large-scale. Lachey just so happens to be part owner in one of those farms.

Marijuana for sale is kept in jars for customers to sample smells last month at a new outlet of the Colorado Harvest Co. recreational marijuana stores in Aurora, Colo. While smoking pot in public is illegal in Colorado, one letter writer says that the law doesn’t stop people.(Photo: AP)

Folks want weed for three reasons. One, they need it medically. Fine, let them purchase all they want to ensure a better quality of life. By the way, that’s a miniscule number of people. Two, to get high. Don’t for a minute think users shove that smoke down their lungs, hold it until it hurts for any other reason than to get a buzz.

This week I had the good fortune to cover the SW Cannabis Conference and Expo in my first gig with CannabisRadio.com.

Marijuana has been something of an unstoppable force over the past two decades. After being completely outlawed in all states in 1995, marijuana in 2015 can now be legally sold in 23 states for medicinal purposes (as well as Washington, D.C.), and it can be sold legally for recreational use to adults ages 21 and up in four states (and Washington, D.C.).

So far in the lead-up to the November 2016 elections, there are two proposed marijuana legalization initiatives working their way toward California’s ballot. It is expected that Nevada, Maryland, Maine, Florida, Michigan and Missouri will also have legalization initiatives on their state ballots next year. To date, 25 states (counting the District of Columbia and Guam) have legalized medical marijuana.  Of those, five states have legalized, decriminalized and regulated the use of marijuana outright.

Roy Kaufmann, a San Diego native now residing in Portland, Ore., considers this progress.

The potential legalization of marijuana in Ohio has elicited mixed reactions from the communities surrounding the three possible grow sites in the Cincinnati area.

The proposed Issue 3, which would legalize both recreational and medicinal use of marijuana in Ohio for adults 21 and older, names Anderson Township, Clermont County and Middletown as three of the 10 designated sites where marijuana could be grown if ResponsibleOhio’s legislation passes in November.

Next week could herald the beginning of legal marijuana for both recreational and medicinal use in Ohio. Voters will decide on the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative during Tuesday’s general election.

The initiative, denoted as Issue 3 on the Ohio ballot, would put in place an amendment to the Ohio constitution, directly changing state law to allow for the legal production, sale, possession and use of marijuana.

“Legalization, I’ve come to understand, touches so many facets of our lives,” said Cassie Young, a graduate student studying social work and public affairs and president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy at Ohio State. “The fact that (illicit substances) are illegal today harms all of us. It criminalizes behavior that should not be criminalized.”

Happy Halloweed! In this article, we will teach you the step-by-step process to create your very own pumpkin bong! By the time you are done with these 9 easy steps, you will be bragging about your hand carved pumpkin bong to all of your friends!

Note: There are a few different methods to making a pumpkin bong. In this method, you will use your own waterpipe as the water chamber to keep your smoke clean. In other methods, people use the pumpkin as the water chamber.

Let’s get started!

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Two things you probably haven’t been paying a lot of attention to lately:

Election Day in Ohio. (It’s not 2016 yet.)

Former boy-band star and reality TV spouse Nick Lachey. (It’s not 2003 anymore.)

Well settle in, because you have some catching up to do. On Tuesday, Ohio goes to the polls to decide if marijuana should be legal. If they vote yes, the Cincinnati native and long-ago leading man of “Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica” will automatically become one of the top weed kingpins of the Buckeye State.

It is one of the most curious ballot initiatives in the country — a synergy of B-list celebrity and entrepreneurial democracy in a culturally conservative state that you would hardly expect to lead the charge for legal pot.

Those with a stake in cannabis-related companies weren't just hoping the Liberals would win the federal election, they were banking on it.

Legalized marijuana could be a budding into big business in Canada if the party follows through on its much-publicized campaign pledge, with one analysis projecting a $5 billion market for recreational weed.

The same analysis paints a picture of the path legalization will take, at first mimicking alcohol sales, then becoming subject to potential takeovers by Big Tobacco -- a scenario that has long worried critics of Justin Trudeau's legalization plan.