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The issue of recreational marijuana legalization will be on Ohio’s general election ballot in November after the initiative gathered enough signatures, the Ohio secretary of state’s office announced Wednesday.
With the ballot measure, Ohio joins several states that have taken on the issue in recent years. Twenty-three states and Washington, DC, have legalized the recreational use of marijuana.
If passed, the proposed Ohio measure – pushed by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol – would allow recreational use of marijuana for residents 21 and older. Medical use is currently legal in the state.
“We are grateful to the thousands of Ohioans who
