State Issue 2 is now supported by Dennis Kucinich, the former Cleveland mayor, state senator and congressman. In a Monday news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, he claims Ohio taxpayers will have 400-million a year if drug price reforms are enshrined in the state constitution.
Issue 2's opponents say the Drug Price Standards Initiative is written vaguely and would open Ohio's pharmaceutical industry to lawsuits, red tape and excessive bureaucracy.