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Mike DeWine: “There was pretty much a consensus reached, although the bill…”

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Gov. Mike DeWine nominates former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as lieutenant governor

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Toledo Blade calls them sin taxes. What is the idea of targeting these three things? Well, look, they're each different. As you know, when you look at starting with marijuana, There was pretty much a consensus reached, although the bill didn't pass the house, there was a consensus reached last year about where this money could be spent. And it could be spent on things that we thought would really make a difference and frankly wouldn't get done. But for using that money in the marijuana. (20:49–21:00)

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Asserts that there was a consensus on the allocation of marijuana tax revenue, despite the bill not passing the house.

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