Yesterday, Ohio was close to becoming the fifth state to legalize marijuana. Had Ohioans voted yes, former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey would have made millions, according to The Washington Post.

One ballot initiative required all 1,100 of Ohio's state-regulated marijuana shops to buy its recreational weed from one of ten farms—a weed monopoly, essentially, that was estimated to earn $1.1 billion in four years. One of those farms, a 29-acre plot outside Akron, was co-owned by Nick.

The initiative was so controversial that even marijuana legalization supporters spoke out against it.

"People are asking the question, ‘How can somebody put themselves in the constitution exclusively to make money?’ That’s exactly what the proponents are trying to do," says Curt Steiner, campaign director for Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies.