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.
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.
The settlement CRMLA reached with the three Ohio officials will allow the organization to preserve the signatures it gathered to bring the issue for a vote in the Ohio legislature for the first day of the next legislative session, January 3, 2023.
CRMLA is requesting the court to declare the “transmission of the proposed law was legally proper” so the four month petition clock can begin in late January 2022.
Under the Board of Pharmacy’s plan, Ohio will get up to 131 medical dispensaries, up from the current 58 operating licenses.
In Illinois, both adult use and medical retail sales were up, but adult use sales were up 15% from February to March.
“But the amount of tax revenue collected would likely still represent a small percentage of Ohio’s $60+ billion annual budget.”
Although Cleveland voted to decriminalize cannabis offenses in January 2020, records continued to remain in place for many.
The bill with the best opportunity to become law, say advocates, is SB261, currently waiting for a vote in the House after passing the Senate.
Wholesale prices in Ohio have dropped significantly in the last year, says Nischt, which should be attracting new patients.
