The state will automatically expunge all civil and criminal cannabis convictions by July 1, 2024, as per the new law. Adult use sales can begin as early as Dec. 1 and it eliminates medical cannabis fees.
Some in the cannabis industry say they accept the agreement for what it is, like CannaRev Solutions founder Greg May, but believe that more should be done in the meantime.
reflected that enthusiasm from patients and the public. But other states that have been in the game for longer only saw nominal changes in retail sales since March, and one actually decreased year-over-year.
The CRC awarded conditional licenses to the first 11 new retailers, 22 new cultivators, 13 new manufacturers, and awarded annual licenses to 4 testing laboratories.
“Here we are at the end of May,” one farmer said. “I submitted my app first of May and yet I haven’t been contacted with anything I’m missing.”
Long-time cannabis industry plaintiff WAH Group filed a motion this morning that would lift a July 2021 stay on awarding 185 adult use dispensary licenses.
According to the decision issued May 12, an investigator for the Board claims to have evidence to support that a truck drove from Utah to Ohio in March 2020 to deliver plants to Standard Wellness.
The new version of the bill will automatically expunge all civil and criminal cannabis convictions by July 1, 2024. Adult use sales can begin on Dec. 1 and it would eliminate fees for medical cannabis fees.
Ohio could more than double its total number of medical dispensaries as early as next year, following the Ohio Board of Pharmacy’s awarding of 70 new RFA II provisional dispensary licenses in the state, on Monday.
“He’s been very not supportive of the legislation but he’s never gone on the record and said the ‘V’ word.”
