Possible changes to Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Program

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Ohio’s Medical Hashish Trade Affiliation (OMCIA) held a information convention Monday to announce their opposition to Senate Invoice 9.

If handed, Senate Invoice 9 would make adjustments to the medical marijuana management program.

A part of Senate Invoice 9 would create a 13-member medicinal hashish oversight fee and permit for a further two-million sq. toes of cultivation house.

“We’re against the large growth outlined in SB 9 as a result of it lacks the info justifying that such an growth is required,” stated Bryan Murray, Govt Vice President of Authorities Relations, Acreage Holdings. “The unfavourable impression of oversupply in markets throughout the nation can’t be overstated – and opening the floodgates in contradiction to market realities can be detrimental to the trade in Ohio.”

The hearings on Senate Invoice 9 are scheduled to start Tuesday within the Ohio Senate Basic Authorities Committee.

Based on OMCIA, since final summer time, Ohio’s affected person base has remained stagnant at a mean of 163,000 lively sufferers.

“Ohio’s stagnant affected person base doesn’t warrant SB 9′s extra licensure and growth of cultivation house,” stated Matt Shut, Govt Director of OMCIA. “The very last thing we want is extra provide. As an alternative, laws ought to deal with addressing our trade’s most important problem: extreme limitations to affected person participation.”

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