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Marijuana Initiative Could End Up on Ohio November Ballot Alongside Reproductive Rights Amendment

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Of Counsel David Waxman (Cleveland) was quoted in “Marijuana Initiative Could End Up on Ohio November Ballot Alongside Reproductive Rights Amendment” in the Ohio Capital Journal and Benzinga. He discussed Ohio’s Issue 1 and its impact on legalizing recreational marijuana in Ohio.

“The failure of Issue 1 really, really is going to create a massive turnout in November and the people that I think would be likely to vote on that abortion issue would also be more likely to vote positively on the recreational marijuana issue,” said David Waxman, a Cleveland attorney with the law firm McGlinchey Stafford. 

Read the Ohio Capital Journal article here and the Benzinga article here.

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