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Pubdate: Fri, 10 May 2013
Source: News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Copyright: 2013 The News-Herald
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/305

LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA SLIM AND NONE IN OHIO

The following is an excerpt of an editorial that appeared in The ( Youngstown ) Vindicator:

State Rep.  Robert F.  Hagan has been in favor of legalizing marijuana in the state - especially for medicinal use - for years and has introduced bills to do so in the past.  He's doing so again - with a two-pronged approach this time - but he has to know that the chances for a Republican-dominated Legislature to jump on the legalization bandwagon is slim.

Even dangling the possibility of a 15 percent sin tax on the sale of recreational marijuana isn't likely to attract fiscal conservatives to Hagan's cause....

[Remainder snipped]



MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom

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