Ohio NAACP Comes Out Against Ballot Measure to Legalize Marijuana

October 27, 2015
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The group representing NAACP branches in Ohio is urging voters to oppose a proposal on next week’s ballot to legalize marijuana for medical and personal use.

The Ohio Conference NAACP president said Tuesday that legalization would represent “tacit approval” of a drug with potentially far-reaching negative effects on families and children.

The proposed constitutional amendment, Issue 3, would let adults 21 and older buy marijuana and grow four plants. It creates a network of 10 authorized growing locations that are targeted in a separate ballot measure prohibiting constitutional monopolies. [Read more at Fox8.com]

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