Majority of the voters in Ohio on Tuesday rejected a proposal known as Issue 3, that would have legalize the use and growing of marijuana in the state. Media reports estimate that those against outnumber those in favor by a margin of two to one.

The Daily Mail reported that the proposal intended to legalize the use of Marijuana both for medicinal and recreational purposes.

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The proposal's defeat was already assured after about 75 percent of the votes have been tabulated.

If Issue 3 had been approved by the voters, it would have allowed any adult in the state to use and buy as well as cultivate a specified number of marijuana plants.

It includes a proposal for ten marijuana cultivations sites to be established that will be regulated and taxed by the state. It is this provision that observers believed may have led to the defeat of Issue 3 at the polls. Many of those in favor of legalizing marijuana may have rejected the proposal because they fear that limiting the number of Marijuana growing facilities may lead to a monopoly in the cultivation of cannabis.

A number of voters interviewed after the polls said that they are in favor of legalizing marijuana but they rejected the proposal due to what they perceived will be the creation of a monopoly in the growing of marijuana in the state.

Ohio voter Marty Dvorchak said that although he is favor of making marijuana legal, he voted no because he does not want to limit the number of commercial growers to just ten.

Many voters also rejected Issue 3 because it does not give any specific rules on who will watch over the distribution of marijuana and its related products.

Meanwhile, Ohio's governor John Kasich congratulated voters in his state for rejecting Issue 3. He said that denying access to drugs such as marijuana will make the bond between families and people in Ohio stronger.

Still, more than half of Americans questioned in a recent national survey are in favor of making marijuana legal compared to more than third a decade ago.

Around 50 percent of the states are already allowing the use of marijuana for medical use. Several states such as Washington and Alaska have also made marijuana legal for recreation.

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