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We talk to a supporter and opponent of the proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio.
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The study estimated the tax income based on comparisons with Colorado, Nevada, Michigan, Illinois, Washington and Oregon, where adult marijuana use is legal.
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The language veers from that used in the original proposed amendment that could enshrine abortion into Ohio's constitution.
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Both issues are popular with younger voters and Issue 1's defeat shows some are energized already.
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The law that would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana would appear on the fall ballot along with a constitutional amendment that would guarantee abortion access and reproductive rights in Ohio.
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After coming up a few hundred valid signatures short, the group that hopes voters will approve legalizing recreational marijuana in Ohio turned in several thousand signatures to try to make the fall ballot.
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The Secretary of State's office said backers of a plan to legalize recreational marijuana fell 679 signatures short of what was needed to put the initiated statute on the November ballot.
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The group's proposed law would regulate marijuana like alcohol in Ohio, and could be on the same November ballot as an abortion rights amendment.
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Ohio lawmakers had four months to act on the proposal from the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and they haven't, so the group can move toward a statewide vote.
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If Ohio lawmakers do not act, petitioners can gather signatures to put recreational marijuana on the ballot.