Become the new ground breaker in Marijuana Law if a Controversial Initiative is approved ohio would be the first to approve pot for personal use without first make medical marijuana legal. But that is a big if because in this case many of the opponents of legalization, are propot, even propot business themselves. America tonights lemple tracks the story from the ohio capital to the states corn fields to find out if voters are aware of the fine print. Marijuana on the ballot. Whats your first name. Reporter in the heart of ohio the famous swing state and Political Barometer of the nation. Legalize it. The movement to legalize marijuana is growing like a weed. You have a nice day. Thank you you too. Reporter if these blueshirted workers succeed, ohio could be the fifth state to legalize Recreational Use of the drug. They have already gathered more than 550,000 signatures across the state more than double the amount to qualified on the ballot. If done properly regulated tested and taxed if you do it the right way this will become a multibillion dollar industry. Ian james is the executive director of responsible ohio. An operation hes been running out of his columbus mansion for the past year. Weve got petitions that will come in from all parts of the state. This is not your grandfathers Ballot Initiative. Far from it. Responsible ohio has a whopping 20 million budget. We are going to have television, direct mail. You know, the Data Analytics of this is very responsive. The matter is being bankrolled from many of the fast and famous. From nick lachey to allen moony. If responsible Ohio Ballot Initiative succeeds, moonys cornfield will be one of only a few in columbus to grow cannabis. Ive had people offer me ten times what ive already invested to buy out my interest. If i say i will offer you 100 million you would walk away . Already have. They are not taking attention to the process in ohio. We propose to have this conversation in the light of day with full clover who our Investment Groups are and also the plans for what they envision. Just because youre being transparent about who the investors are though doesnt justify to a lot of people the fact that this very small elite wealthy group is essentially monopolizing grow for at least four years. It is not a monopoly. They all have to compete against each other. Didnt they all contribute to your pac . They did. It is incredibly rare for ballot measure to write into a states constitution specific locations or areas where only a business can operate. And then those locations can be owned and operated by the funders of the initiative. Liz esley white is a reporter for center for Public Integrity in washington, d. C. Which has been investigating this issue along with america tonight. In a new report the center found that more than 400 million was spent on 85 Ballot Initiatives nationwide that were up for avote in 2014. Some people are being deceived in this petition. Shriek avuru also wants to get investors interested, but back rolling his initiative to the tune of 500,000. They are bankrolling people out, to the level that its at now. Who frankly just dont have millions of dollars to write their own Initiative Like this. Kavuru says theres no precedent to restrict marijuana growth. Its about do we want to fundamentally change the foundational document of our state, to allow corporate takeovers of whole industries, whats next water, corn, soybeans . Where does it stop . Its also the voters, they have eyes and they will read the Ballot Initiative and decide. I agree. And in november they will vote no on responsible ohio. Next america tonights focus on the fight for chicago, a mothers pain and what she did with it. Later, a spirited future, a young womans choice, and what it means to the future of the church. And hot on america tonights website now, big play. Concussions in the major league. At aljazeera. Com americatonight. On america tonight we focus much attention on the violence that plagues our cities. Tonight, chicago is once again ground zero. This halloween weekend, another bloody one. 29 people shot at least one has died. In the wake of that violence the city announces its First Recruiting drive for more Police Officers since 2013. Because it is clear they are needed. It is so bad, residents of the city south and west side neighbors have coined a 9 nick nickname, chiraq as in iraq. America tonights sarah hoye has the story. Its already 8 00 and pam boswell is already running behind. The chicago mother of three is rushing to get her 17yearold son trey to school not just on time but alive. It was nine years ago that pam and oldest son terrell was shot and killed right before band practice. He was outside a church helping his friend unload the instruments from his car when shots rang out, terrell was 18 years old. Things got so bad for pam she tried taking her life not only once, but twice. Me and terrell were so close. No mother should ever have to bury their child. Then pam had a realization. She wanted to live and she wanted to make a difference. She left a 20 year career in banking to start purpose over pain, a support group for parents who lost children to gun violence. Pam now works at st. Sebinas Catholic Church, a fixture on chicagos south side on a part of the city locals call chiraq. Pam is the violence prevention manager at the arc, a Community Youth center run by the church. Before each workday pam stops at the churchs Memorial Wall dedicated to victims of gun violence. To make sure he was safe i protect him as best i could, me and my husband. And because of guns, in our neighborhood, my baby not here. So just like it happened to me, i found it could happen to anybody, no matter how hard you try protect your child. Reporter chicago has had nearly 400 homicides this year, with mostly the young paying the ultimate price. Before terrells death played the base in multiple church bands. He was pursuing a music degree at a nearby college. He was in gospel music, in college, doing all the right stuff and it just taught me that nobodys exempt from this violence. Reporter a shared love of music created a strong bond between mother and son. When te terrell died, people were like you dont sing anymore youre not going to be in the choir . I said you dont get this. When i hear the baseline in the music it hurts. The song is dead now for me, the music is dead. Terrells death has also paralyzed her with fear for the safety of her other two sons. Especially trey who is still in high school. So just walking through different neighborhoods to get to his school, hes crossing a lot of territories. So im afraid of him even walk to school so i drive him. Im fearful, ill leave work and take my lunch and go get trey if i need to. If he gets out of school early, ill go and get him or bring him to work with me. I should not have to live in an atmosphere of fear but i do. We got to set the model in chicago so it will be carried to other places since this is your home. Father mike flager has been the pastor at at th taint saints since the 1980s. Going by father mike. I feel like society has decided to lose a generation. Were not just seeing people thrown to the side of the road. Were throwing them there. Were putting them there. Were saying youre disposable. I think youre only now starting to see young people across this country rise up and say enough. Reporter dispied despiteds shootings, in roseburg, oregon or charleston, South Carolina that trigger the discussion on gun violence. Resulting on it being too easy in neighborhoods for a person to purchase a gun than a book. People dont value us because when theres a mass shooting people get outraged and talk about it and then police brutality, people get outraged, and talk about it. But when a black person shoot another black person nobody says anything, thats okay. All the while, violence crimes daily, cities across america, including chicago which saw its deadliest month in 13 years. For 30 years ago im saying the same thing. We have poor skills, we have lack of jobs, we have lack of housing. We have lack of options. Up to 30 years when you keep saying the same things, nothings changing well doh why dont you wake up, people dont care. Also fighting for the city of chicago is lamar johnson. There are a lot of people here work hard every day that take pride in their city and neighborhoods. But unfortunately it is not being portrayed as such. And theyre not enemies. Theyre misguided, most of these people who have guns in their hands theyre hurting too. Theyre misguided. They need someone to show them the right way. Reporter the chicago native was born and raised in the notorious inglewood neighborhood. In the city of chicago is there a tale of two cities . Yes. Chicago is separated. If we take, quote unquote, the hood, bring it downtown, we see how quickly the police will react then. You cannot tell me theres no funding, theres no resources, we see it, thats why were upset about it, we know where its going. The problem is not capability. We believe the problem is priority, they just dont care. Lamar oversees the brave new word arc dedicated to peace. Chicago is a violent city right . Always been a violent city. What can we do about it then . Theres so many things, but we aint got enough money. Theres only so much we could do. We could raise awareness. Okay. Raise awareness. Reporter if i was an average kid living in chicago what would my life be like . Up in the things in the community but in their homes. A lot of them live in situations where theyre forced to grow up fast. Walking down the street, walk to the store, theres not guarantee theyll come back home. Just that simple. Most kids live with their grandparents, so most kids deal with abandonment issues, their self esteem is low. Suicide, depression, theres kids around here thats done for allot of stuff. If it wasnt for the arc or st. Sabina, there would be a lot more. Can we fix this . Can we . Yes, will we . We put them in a situation where they cant survive and then criticize them for not making it. Its like how you expect them to make it when youre not giving them the tools and resources to make it. Reporter pam is back once again at st. Sabinas with her husband and friends. Joined forces to join the hoops for peace basketball tournament. The tournament is part of safe saturdays at st. Sabinas, dedicated to give the community a safe place to be even for just a few hours. This year or the years prior, the numbers arent getting any smaller. Do you sometimes feel defeated . I never want to stop but i get frustrated with the constant crimes. People are outraged, they dont care. After all of this, why do you stay in chicago and do what you do . Because im the voice of terrell, im all he has left so i do this on behalf of terrell. Ill be doing this until i die. I believe change is going to come. We have to teach our kids to have dreams again, they have to have dreams in order to live. Sarah hoye, al jazeera, chicago. A matter of faith. Next a prayer for another future, the new sisterhood and why a young woman would choose it today. We always portray it as okay, no sex, no money, you got to do what the superior says. I mean, it sounds horrible. Who would do that . Lori jane gliha with a spirited choice. Choice. And now an act of faith. When the pope came to visit just a few weeks ago he sparked a conversation about inspiring new enthusiasm for Catholic Church especially among young people. History says that two years into his papacy is too early to discover whether there is in fact a francis effect. Bringing more into church life. But Lori Jane Gliha has discovered that in one community theres been a surge in sisterhood. Society portrays religious life a lot as giving up things. We also portray it as okay, no sex no money you got to do what the superior says. That sounds horrible, like who would do that . You know. That is kind of the idea i had going into it which added to my terror. Reporter as a teenager in Catholic School tracy kemme never imagined that she might one day become a nun or a sister in the church. Im like nobody does that anymore, right . Young people dont do that anymore. So it wasnt even something that i had considered. Reporter in her early 20s she had a serious boyfriend and plans to eventually walk down the aisle but when she pictured herself going old with him, something wasnt quite right. I was so in love with him. But when i thought about marrying him it felt like a door closing. And when i thought about religious life even every ounce of me did not want to feel this way, it felt like a big blue sky opening up. Kemme had been volunteering in ecuador and teaching english to underprivileged children. It was different than where she grew up in a middle class cincinnati neighborhood. To make the world a better place, thats when the seed started to grow. About. Reporter at 22 she says she had her first call from god. What does gods call sound like . Ha i wish it was a phone call on the cell phone. That would make it a lot easier. I was sitting on a beach in ecuador and praying and thinking about the boyfriend i had just broken up with and missing my family, and i was asking god, what is this all about . From somewhere it wasnt like a voice i just heard, but it was like you should be a nun. Who said that . You know, in the next couple of days there were other prayer experiences that became very clear that god was inviting me to something. Kemme made her first vows to religious life over summer. She is one of six women over the past years to join the sisters of Charity Foundation in cincinnati, that is six more than the group has had in the last decade. Though she doesnt wear a traditional habit she has taken a vow of celibacy poverty, in her life in community with others. And now, part of her poverty vow sharing her possessions with her roommates. Two of hig whom are more than te her age. How was your day . It was good. What is it like living in a house together four weeks in . Its discovery. Reporter who havwhat haveu discovered so far . Ive discovered peoples interests, peoples idieos. Who would believe this would be a group of roommates . Who would think this is a group of roommates . What would you say to that . Theres a difference, were in this for life. It is a gift in a lot of ways and a struggle in a lot of ways. Were going to use the gospel this morning. The beauty of it is living together with women who have all different experiences. Different kinds of wisdom from the age that they are. And being able to share that together in prayer in the morning. What has been the most difficult part of this process for you . Just being a younger sister in a world of older sisters. There are very few 28yearolds who are surrounded all the time by peoples in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. People kind coming to the end of their life where im just coming into mine full steam ahead. I wonder how they do it but they do it well. They seem to fit in easily. I think because theres something deeper than just the companionship. 91yearold sister John Miriam Jones sees the influx in her sisterhood as such a surprise. Things are different from when she became a sister at age 19. Now the young people are actually much older than that. Thats right. What do you think of that . Well, i think its a sign that of the change and the evolution that has come about in religious life. You know, that youre not ready, as young as we were. Why do you think you were ready so young . You ask hard questions. [ laughter ] what has changed . What have you seen change for the way that women are . Well, involvement in ministry i think would be a huge one. Time was when we were assigned, School Hospital whatever and you did as you were asked to do. Now we choose the ministry that appeals to us. Kemme spends her time now doing outreach in cincinnatis latino community. She sees her new role as a gift. At the end of the day, there is such a deep sense of joy, not happiness like i just ate ice cream im happy but a sense of abiding joy that lasts. You can still have the things you have to give up without having to become a sister. Yeah, i have a lot of people ask me that. That was a question i discerned for myself. I think i would compare it to someone who feels very, very incredibly called to be a mother and someone who could say to them well you dont have to have your own kids you could just like become a babysitter and have people over at your house tall time you could have that as a part of your life. So having this as number one is only way it felt like enough. My number 1 relationship and commitment in my life is with god and my congregation. For kemmes parents, who once watched their daughter play maria, in sound of music, growing accustomed to her reallife decision has been a learning experience but one they have come to welcome. Are you happy she made the decision she did . And honestly. Im happy that shes doing what she wants to do. I think you were talking to patty, shes gotten used to it. Ive gotten used to it. Im happy for her. Do you have any regrets . I dont have any regrets. I feel like i had a really good discernment process. I have a lot of people who helped me along the way and i think ive found the life that im meant to live. Lori jane gliha, al jazeera, cincinnati. Thats america tonight. Please tell us what you think. At aljazeera. Com americatonight. Talk to us on twitter or facebook and come back. Well have more of america tonight tomorrow. Tonight tomorrow. Youre the first one on the scene. Suicides, homicides, the roof is crushing into somebodys chest. What is the number one cause of death for Police Officers . Suicide. Breaking his silence. We have to know what happened and to react in the appropriate way. 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