Ohio marijuana regulators have issued dozens of provisional licenses to sell recreational marijuana as the state gears up to launch retail sales of cannabis for use by adults. The licenses come following a successful ballot measure last year that legalized pot over the objections of GOP Gov. Mike DeWine and many Republican lawmakers.
Retail sales of recreational cannabis will begin at the state’s existing dispensaries selling medical marijuana, which was legalized by state lawmakers in 2016. The Ohio Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) began accepting applications for dual licenses to produce and sell both medicinal and adult-use weed on June 7 after posting information on the application process earlier last week. Since then, the agency has received hundreds of applications and has approved at least 62 provisional dual licenses for dispensaries, growers, processors and testing labs, online cannabis news source Marijuana Moment reported on Friday.
Before the dispensaries with dual licenses can begin selling cannabis to adults aged 21 and older, they must first demonstrate to the DCC that have complied with several requirements for the transition. The businesses must update their POS system to differentiate between recreational and medical transactions. Dispensaries must also demonstrate that they will