Boy band star Nick Lachey thinks Hudson is spot for pot

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He used to croon love songs to the masses.

Now, he wants to grow pot in Hudson.

Nick Lachey, a member of the band 98 Degrees and more recently a television actor, is among five investors in a Hudson marijuana grow center, one of 10 that would be created across Ohio under a proposed ballot issue.

The other investors include three owners of the CashMax stores in Ohio and a car business owner from Texas.

Cheney Pruett and John Humphrey, two of the CashMax owners, attended a news conference in Akron on Tuesday held by ResponsibleOhio, the group backing the ballot issue.

“This is an exciting entrepreneurial opportunity,” Humphrey said.

This was the 10th and final news conference the group held across Ohio to tout its partnership with local unions and the potential economic benefit of the ballot initiative to local communities. The group estimates the initiative would generate about...

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