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Does Ohio
A FLAW have too
much
IN THE marijuana?
Medical cannabis
industry says yes

SYSTEM Haley BeMiller

The Columbus Dispatch
USA TODAY NETWORK

Inside a large, pristine facility at

Buckeye Lake, PharmaCann is growing
just under 25,000 square feet of mari-
Mistreated Canton baby juana − almost half the size of a foot-
ball field.
sent back to abuser’s Rooms are filled with nearly 4,500
cannabis plants at different stages
home from hospital that will eventually be sold as flower or
processed into edibles or vapes. And
PharmaCann could go bigger, if it
Tim Botos The Repository | USA TODAY NETWORK wanted. Under its license with the
state, the company is allowed to culti-
vate up to 50,000 square feet at the
CANTON – central Ohio facility.
But PharmaCann officials say the

B
aby V.J. doesn’t have a law named numbers don’t add up. They believe
after her — but maybe she should. h there’s too much supply and not

That sometimes happens for crime See MARIJUANA, Page 11A

victims. After the fact, laws get in-
troduced, passed and enacted to prevent oth-
ers from suffering the same fate. Like the
Adam Walsh Child and Safety Protection Act, Nearly vacant
Matthew Shepard Act or Megan’s Law,
named for Megan Kanka. h Too often, it plaza in Canton
comes after a victim’s death. h But V.J. is to become
alive. See SYSTEM, Page 7A
storage units
Tim Botos
The Repository
USA TODAY NETWORK
“Unbelievable ... that should
CANTON – Much of the nearly va-
never have happened. cant retail plaza along the north side of
This is mind-blowing.” U.S. Route 62 will be converted into
storage units.
State Rep. Phil Plummer, R-Dayton The shopping strip, anchored by a
soon-to-be-relocated Aldi store, is sit-
uated between Maret and Lesh streets
NE. The location is directly opposite
the Eastbury Bowling Center.
Peoples Choice Storage Canton, a
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SAMANTHA recently created company, filed docu-
WONG/USA TODAY NETWORK; AND GETTY IMAGES ments with the Stark County Recorder
office three weeks ago, indicating that

See PLAZA, Page 8A

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