Poll: Ohioans favor legalizing marijuana
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.KENT, Ohio -- With the marijuana battle landing on Ohio's ballot for the first time next month, a new poll conducted by WKYC and Kent State University shows 56 percent of the state's voters support allowing adults to possess small amounts of marijuana for personal use.
The results also show 32 percent are opposed with another 10 percent who don't know how they feel yet.
Kent State Criminologist Anthony Vander Horst participated in the poll and said if the results are true, they could lead to bigger problems.
He has been studying the impact of marijuana on Denver since it was legalized there. He found home prices have gone up, along with homelessness.
He said police have had a hard time enforcing drug intoxication laws.
But those are not even his biggest concerns.
“I think number one is what happens with children,” said Vander Horst.
He worries about marijuana-laced foods getting into...
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