Ohio AG urges no vote on Issue 3

YOUNGSTOWN

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine gathered with local police officials to urge voters to vote no on Issue 3 today.

DeWine gathered with Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene, Youngstown Police Chief Robin Lees, Boardman Police Chief Jack Nichols and Austintown Police Chief Robert Gavalier at the Mahoning County Jail.

DeWine spoke of visiting Colorado to see how legalizing marijuana affected the state and law enforcement there.

“The message they sent back to Ohio through me was don’t make the same mistake,” DeWine said this morning.

The proposed constitutional amendment this November, known as Issue 3, would make marijuana legal for adults 21 and older to use, purchase or grow in limited quantities. The ballot lays out regulatory and taxation rules for marijuana and creates a network of 10 authorized growing facilities, which have already attracted private investors.