COLUMBUS - Four people contributed the $1 million needed to put on the Nov. 5 ballot a plan to change Ohio's drug laws, the proposal's backers said Tuesday.

        The Ohio Campaign for New Drug Policies spent $1.01 million to gather about 800,000 signatures for the proposal, which would require judges to order drug treatment instead of jail for first- and second-time nonviolent offenders who request it.

        The group filed its campaign finance report with the Secretary of State's Office Tuesday.

        The report listed four contributors: Richard Wolfe, a Columbus native who runs a California technology firm; John Sperling, founder of the University of Phoenix; New York philanthropist George Soros; and Ohio insurance executive Peter Lewis.

        Mr. Wolfe was president of WBNS-TV station in Columbus from 1971 to 1978.

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