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Ohio voters actually shot down a previous ballot measure because it would have given a small group an oligopoly over marijuana in the state. This new measure that passed is much better and doesn't grant all the growing and selling rights to one small group. To my knowledge it should end up very similar to states like Colorado and Michigan.
How is this new one any different? That small group is already well established with the medicinal cannabis industry and they will get the first opportunities to expand into recreational.
@krolden @Deconceptualist The failed 2015 initiative in would have granted an actual monopoly to 10 facilities to grow #marijuana https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_3,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2015)#Marijuana_Growth.2C_Cultivation_and_Extraction_.28MGCE.29_facilities — actively shutting out existing businesses
The successful 2023 initiative does not grant any monopolies: https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_2,_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2023)#Text_of_measure — it sets up an open licensing scheme where anyone can apply to grow and sell, and it sets up jobs and equity funds to give money back to #Ohio communities.