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• Author: Berman, Douglas
• Position: Ohio voters on legalization of recreational marijuana - Brief article

Ohio votes no on pot: crony capitalism to blame.

In November, Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected Issue 3, which would have made Ohio the 5th state (plus D.C.) to legalize recreational marijuana.

Issue 3 would have limited commercial production to 10 sites controlled by the initiative's motley crew of financial backers, which included:

"The advocacy against reform wasn't...