Moroski already branding a dreamed-of marijuana store

Lower Price Hill community activist Mike Moroski is thinking ahead to a hazy day when Ohio legalizes marijuana. He has created a Twitter handle @CincyCannabis to brand a retail store he envisions opening should Ohio voters approve a legalization ballot initiative in November.

"The Twitter handle is a placeholder for when marijuana is legal in Ohio," Moroski said Friday. "My family and I have an interest in taking part of that new business scene, and we have the business savvy. It's all aspirational at this point, but we want to be really deliberate and smart in the business."

An organization named ResponsibleOhio has announced plans to collect the 300,000 signatures necessary to put a legalization initiative on the November ballot. Among local backers are University of Cincinnati sports legend Oscar Robertson, fashion designer Nanette Lepore and former Cincinnati Bengal Frostee Rucker.

Attorney General Mike DeWine, however, has said he considers legalization "a stupid idea."

Moroski said Friday none of the details for the dreamed-of retail store have been nailed down, although he said the business name would likely echo the Twitter handle, Cincinnati Cannabis; "nothing cute like Mike's Joint."