Oxford’s medical marijuana dispensaries could be licensed to sell recreational cannabis by September 2024, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) and an industry lawyer.
Consume Cannabis at 3620 Southpointe Parkway and Pure Iconic at 5280 College Corner Pike will be the only two businesses allowed to sell recreational cannabis in Oxford. A Jan. 16 ordinance by the city limited the number of licenses for recreational sale to two, and awarded both to the already-existing medical dispensaries, which will be able to apply for licensing at the state level when Ohio finalizes its legislation.
As a medical dispensary, Pure Iconic will enter a lottery to become a “dual-use” dispensary. The license it will seek has been designated a 10(B) license by Ohio.
Licensing will take months, though, as Ohio lawmakers work out the specifics. Paula Givens, a cannabis industry attorney and member of Pure Iconic’s ownership, wrote in an email that she doesn’t expect the state to get things up and running before September.
“September is the best case scenario for the 10(B) licenses if there is no legislative intervention, assuming the lottery process goes very smoothly,” Givens wrote.
As a prospective 10(B) licensee, Pure