COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recreational marijuana sales have officially started in Ohio.
Nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries received operating certificates on Tuesday and are now able to sell recreational marijuana to adults over 21. Many will be ready right away while others could be delayed by staffing or inventory issues.
You can find a full list of Ohio dispensaries selling recreational marijuana here.
Ohio voters last November overwhelmingly approved allowing adults over 21 to possess, purchase and grow limited amounts of cannabis for personal use. However recreational sales remained on hold while the state set up a regulated system for legal marijuana purchases and worked out other rules.
The new law allows Ohioans to possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and to grow up to six plants per individual or 12 plants per household at home. Ohioans are limited to buying one ounce per visit.
Legal marijuana purchases will be subject to a 10% tax, with the revenue to be divided between administrative costs, addiction treatment, municipalities with dispensaries, and paying for social equity and jobs programs supporting the cannabis industry itself.
More Ohio dispensaries are expected to receive their license in the future.
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