Ohio's Recreational Marijuana Initiative Faces a Major Challenge

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Few, if any, political issues have garnered as much attention in recent years as marijuana, and three national polls -- Gallup, Pew Research, and General Social Survey -- have all shown that a slim majority of respondents now have a favorable view of the still federally illegal drug.

Select states push for marijuana reform
However, as we've seen, slim public support for marijuana doesn't guarantee the expansion of marijuana legalization into new states, let alone reform in Congress.

Still, this hasn't stopped select states from attempting to expand the legality of medical marijuana or recreational marijuana. Four states (Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Colorado) have approved adult use of recreational marijuana, while 23 states have legalized the use of marijuana for medical conditions specified by each state.

The obvious benefit for chronic or terminally ill patients is that access to medical marijuana could represent a new pathway to alleviating disease...

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