With the possession, use, and home growth of cannabis legal as of Thursday morning for Ohioans who are 21 and older, those in the cannabis industry nationwide are waiting with bated breath for sale to start in one of the country’s most populous states.
“Ohio is a very exciting market,” said Rodney Holcombe, the director of public policy for LeafLink, a cannabis wholesaling platform that connects brands with dispensaries and other retail distributors.
Sale to adult-use, non-medical customers is not yet legal. Under Issue 2, the Ohio Department of Commerce—which will oversee the new program—has about nine months to begin issuing licenses to new and existing dispensaries.
Absent a medical license, easy legal access to cannabis won’t come to most Ohio customers for some time. Even after they are licensed, Holcombe said testing bottlenecks or stock delays are common in freshly legal markets, meaning initial prices might be higher than what Ohioans are seeking.
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