Nick Lachey, Ohioan (Instagram)

In the years since their ill-fated marriage, Jessica Simpson has gone on to found an empire while Nick Lachey has, well, he’s the host of that NBC singing competition show that’s not The Voice.

But if all goes according to plan, Lachey could be rolling in a Scarface-sized legal drug fortune very soon.

On Tuesday, Ohio voters will vote whether or not to legalize marijuana in the state. However, the bill is notably different from previous ones in states like Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska, which have already legalized weed.

As the Washington Post reports, Ohio’s legal marijuana bill is being peddled by a group more random than a Justice League meeting (Nick Lachey? Former Cincinnati Royals great Oscar Robertson? Descendants of President William Taft?). And there’s language in the bill which “would restrict virtually all large-scale marijuana cultivation to 10 specifically designated farms.” Who owns those 10 farms? The very same group.

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Nick Lachey for ResponsibleOhio (ProgressOhio)

The Washington Post’s study cites a report which claims that within four years, the 10 farms would be selling $1.1 billion worth of pot per year. That’s a far more sizable check than the monthly royalty payments for “Because of You.”

According to a Buzzfeed report about the group from August, Lachey — who grew up in Cincinnati — got involved through his friendship with NFL defensive end Frostee Rucker, whose agent, James Gould, started the group.

The measure is, of course, controversial. First of all, Ohio is far from liberal, and the passage of such a bill is not necessarily guaranteed. (As it stands now, it’s too close to call: A recent poll found 46 percent of Ohioans in favor, 46 percent opposed, and 8 percent undecided.) Second, the bill would explicitly create a monopoly within the brand new legal marijuana industry in Ohio.

“People are asking the question, how can somebody put themselves in the constitution exclusively to make money?” Curt Steiner, director of Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies told the Post. “That’s exactly what the proponents are trying to do.”