Ohio opens applications for recreational marijuana sales

MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) – Legal, recreational cannabis could be available to adults 21 and over across the state of Ohio in the near future.

On Friday, the Ohio Division of Cannabis control opened applications for dual-use licenses for cannabis dispensaries. Dual-uses licenses would allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to start selling adult use cannabis to non-medical consumers.

According to Adam Goers, a senior Vice President with the Cannabis Company, which operates four dispensaries in Ohio including Columbia Care in Marietta, said dual-use applications opening could mean consumers will be able to buy non-medical marijuana sooner rather than later. “I’m certainly hopeful that on or around the end of this month that Ohioans 21 and up will be able to purchase adult-use cannabis by coming into the many dispensaries across Ohio, including ours in Marietta,” he said.

Though no dispensaries are selling adult-use cannabis yet, it’s been legal for adults to cultivate or own adult use cannabis in Ohio since voters passed Issue 2 in the general election last November.

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