WEST BRIDGEWATER - The class had covered bullying, Internet safety, and good decision-making, and by February, Officer Kenneth Thaxter could see that the sixth-graders were ready. The lights went off, and the projector went on. "Today," the DARE officer said, "we're going to talk about marijuana." For 16 years, every elementary school student in this small town has learned about drugs from Thaxter. But this year, his lesson needed to change, and he was about to find out whether the students knew why. [continues 1558 words]
Pop Singer and Select Ohioans Will See Green If Initiative Passes Two things you probably haven't been paying a lot of a attention to lately: Election Day in Ohio. (It's not 2016 yet.) Former boy-band star a and reality TV spouse Nick L Lachey. (It's not 2003 anymore.) m Well, settle in, be because you have some catching up to do. On Tuesday, Ohio residents go to the polls to decide whether marijuana should be legal. If they vote yes, the Cincinnati native and long-ago leading man of "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" will automatically become one of the top weed kingpins of the Buckeye State. [continues 1226 words]
He has already collected the signatures, counted the names, registered the voters, created the spreadsheets, made the phone calls and stapled the signs, and finally, it is 6:20 a.m. on Election Day. Eric Butler Jr. is on his front stoop. He identifies as an entrepreneur, an advocate and a guy who takes care of his 88-year-old grandmother. But he's also a "wake-and-bake and nightcap" kind of guy. Now he's awake, and so, he will bake. [continues 989 words]
