A medical marijuana farm for Ohio?

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A proposal to legalize marijuana in Ohio would create a medicinal-only pot farm just east of Columbus.(Photo: Gannett Ohio file)

COLUMBUS – Dr. Suresh Gupta ticked off a list of conditions that marijuana could help alleviate: nausea, cancer, glaucoma, HIV, post-traumatic stress disorder, irritable bowel syndrome.

“And chronic pain. I almost forgot that one, and I am a chronic pain doctor,” said Gupta, a Dayton physician who plans to open a 300,000 square-foot facility dedicated to growing medical marijuana in Pataskala, just east of Columbus.

That is, if voters approve Issue 3, which would legalize marijuana use for Ohioans older than 21 and create 10 marijuana-growing facilities across the state.

If voters approve the measure this fall, individuals could purchase medical marijuana, with a doctor’s recommendation, at dispensaries — separate from retail stores for recreational pot. A new Marijuana Control Commission would select which medical conditions would be covered and...

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