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Pro Marijuana Groups in Ohio Squabbling Over Legalization Efforts

Medical marijuana advocates trying to put an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot have accused the founders of the well-financed ResponsibleOhio of crippling the smaller, weaker competitor last year before launching their own effort to push for full legalization.

In an April 13 complaint to the Ohio Elections Commission, Ohio Rights Group said the people who went on to create ResponsibleOhio infiltrated the ORG to gain information and to dissuade potential financial donors. The complaint accuses Ian James and David Bruno of flying a false flag: promising help to ORG then using the knowledge gained to build their own group.

The complaint said Bruno used his childhood friendship with ORG Executive Director John Pardee to gain an advantage and that Bruno was taking consultant’s fees from ORG while laying the foundation for ResponsibleOhio.

Lydia Bolander, spokeswoman for ResponsibleOhio, scoffed Tuesday at the accusations. She said the group’s campaign has already collected more than 160,000 of the 306,000 signatures necessary to put the amendment on the ballot. [Read more at The Cincinnati Enquirer]

 

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