Putting a crony monopoly in a state constitution is not a picayune issue. That very issue was additionally voted on as Issue #2, and it also won.
So, those who voted down Issue 3 also voted down Issue 2. It was a huge factor.
That is NOT to say that they also opposed the legalization of marijuana, but they sure as heck didn’t want to have it legal AND give a few cronies a constitutional right to get rich off of their vote.
Listen to any conservative media today. Listen to the talk radio callers. They agree with me and disagree with you. You’re delusional if you think this was voted down by a bunch of people who want legal pot but didn’t like the economics of how it was going to be produced. Take that latter piece out and it still would’ve been overwhelmingly voted down. You seem unaware of how deeply socially conservative southern Ohio is.