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Columbus Dispatch, Spectrum News hold forum on recreational marijuana – Medical Marijuana Program Connection
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The Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer and Spectrum News hosted a forum last week on Issue 2 – the recreational marijuana issue, which will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.
You can now watch the forum on this newspaper’s website. It will be available to view through Election Day and will air multiple times on Spectrum News 1.
The hour-long forum was moderated by Spectrum News anchor Curtis Jackson.
Panelists included Issue 2 supporters state Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, and Thomas Haren, partner and cannabis practice chair at Frantz Ward LLP, and Issue 2 opponents state Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, and Corinne LaMarca, director of development and national spokesperson for Parents Opposed To Pot.
More:What Ohioans need to know about November ballot issue to legalize recreational marijuana
The panelists answered questions from readers along with USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau reporters Haley BeMiller and Anna Staver and Spectrum News 1 reporter Samana Sheikh. The network includes The Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and other newspapers around Ohio.
Haren said everything people need to know about Issue 2 can be found in the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. This means people have to be 21 to buy it and 21 to use it. The entire supply chain would be regulated, and it would generate millions of dollars in new tax revenue.
Weinstein said this is an issue whose time has come.
“When you look at a macro-perspective of the United States now, the…
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