Tales From The Hardside

On Tuesday November 2, 2015 Ohio voters have the chance to end the prohibition of cannabis (Marijuana) and legalize for the ability for anyone 21 and up to grow up to four flowering plants, purchase cannabis, consume cannabis, start small businesses for the manufacture of and sale of products for the use of cannabis. 1159 shops will be allowed to open, a $24M International Cannabinoid Research Facility is seeking a home in Ohio to advance the science and research because of Ohio voting to amend their constitution. This ballot amendment is referred to as Issue 3. Sponsored by ResponsibleOhio it was put into motion be a group of 50 investors to open 10 competing grow facilities for the first four years of the change in law. These ten facilities would compete to supply enough cannabis for all 1159 shops. These facilities will sublease to small growers in Ohio, allowing for boutique grows. Ohio voters and longtime grassroots supporters of cannabis are opposed to this oligopoly and see it as a free market is