salon:While Ohio politics are normally unremarkable unless in a presidential election year, the midw
salon:While Ohio politics are normally unremarkable unless in a presidential election year, the midwestern swing-state will vote this week on the “Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Issue 3,” a ballot measure that would legalize recreational and medicinal marijuana use. This is a controversial constitutional amendment that’s almost evenly split across supporters and opponents. The most recent polling shows supporters barely outpacing opponents by one percentage point, 44 to 43.If approved by voters, the amendment would allow adults older than 21 to buy an ounce of pot. Additionally, it would “allow a person with a license to grow, use and share up to eight ounces of homegrown marijuana, plus four flowering plants.” In terms of commercial sales and distribution, Issue 3 would establish a roster of 10 farms that would grow pot to be shipped to and sold at around 1,100 retail stores across Ohio. The state would establish a regulatory commission to patrol the growing and sale of the product. And finally: “Anyone with a certified debilitating medical condition could use medicinal marijuana.”The state will vote this week on a measure to legalize the drug. In a close contest, many liberals actually oppose -- source link