Ohio’s new law allowing adult recreational use of cannabis went effect Thursday, but that doesn’t mean adults could immediately walk into their local dispensary and buy marijuana.
The owners of a medical marijuana dispensary in Kent hope that will be the case in the near future.
Dwayne Siekman, co-owner of Bliss Ohio, said the medical marijuana dispensary planned to apply for license to add adult cannabis to its offerings.
When the law passed, he expected it would take about six months to get a license to sell recreational marijuana to adults.
But on Wednesday, Gov. Mike DeWine said he was backing a proposal in the Ohio Senate to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling recreational weed to people 21 and older within 90 days after the bill is enacted.