The first day of adult-use cannabis sales in Ohio started with long lines of enthusiastic customers, right up until closing time.
One of the key arguments for getting this passed was the tax revenue it would generate. An expert at Ohio State has crunched the numbers and estimates that these sales will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to the state.
Jeff Riede stood in line for 12 hours to make history. He was one of the first people to buy adult-use cannabis in the Buckeye State.
"Finally, finally adult-use," said Riede. "It's an exciting moment for a lot of the advocates who have been working on this issue for a really long time," said Jana Hrdinova with the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at Ohio State.
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