Marijuana Legalization Backers Propose Indoor Grow Sites

Ten Ohio counties are slated to have large indoor marijuana growing operations if backers of a constitutional amendment gather enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in November and voters agree to legalize medicinal and recreational use of the plant. Four of the proposed grow sites are in southwest Ohio, three are in northeast Ohio, two are in central Ohio and one is in northwest Ohio.  The group ResponsibleOhio plans to spend millions of dollars to get the issue on the ballot and to campaign for its approval. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Jon Husted have said they oppose the plan. Recreational use of marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington. Voters in Oregon and Alaska approved recreational use last November.