Oscar Robertson Looms Large Among Investors Urging Ohio Pot

Investors including basketball star Oscar Robertson and two descendants of President William Howard Taft stand to profit from Ohio’s marijuana trade if voters legalize the drug and restrict its farming to 10 sites.

The group ResponsibleOhio, begun by the financial backers as well as advocates of legal pot, placed a proposed amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot legalizing medicinal and recreational marijuana for adults. The Ohio measure includes a first for a U.S. state: It would place control of marijuana cultivation in the hands of designated investor groups, which include the 6-foot-5 Hall of Fame guard and the presidential scions.