A pair of Ohio Republican state senators want intoxicating hemp products to only be sold at adult-use dispensaries — not convenience stores, smoke shops, or gas stations.

Ohio legal weed sales topped $11.5 million in less than a week.

Boston Grunkemeyer lined up in front of Amplify Dispensary’s Columbus location around 9:45 Tuesday morning and was the store’s first recreational marijuana customer.

Ohioans will be able to legally purchase recreational marijuana starting this week.

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) will issue its first set of dual-use Certificates of Operation (COO) to 98 eligible dispensaries across the state Tuesday, Aug. 6. This comes more than a month in advance of the Sept. 7 deadline as outlined in the initiated statute passed by Ohio voters in November 2023.

As Ohioans wait to legally purchase recreational-use marijuana, Republican lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly are trying to regulate adult-use hemp products.

Ohioans will likely be able to legally purchase recreational marijuana sooner than initially expected.

Ohio medical marijuana companies are gearing up to begin the process of entering the recreational marijuana business. 

As patio season gets in full swing, the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Liquor Control (DOLC) and the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) remind Ohioans that marijuana use remains strictly prohibited in liquor permit premises.

Lawmakers have yet to bring changes to Ohio’s new marijuana law over the finish line. 

The Ohio House and Senate ended their last scheduled sessions of the year last week without passing any marijuana legislation. 

The Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of Liquor Control (DOLC) and the Ohio Department of Public Safety wish to clarify the rules regarding the use of marijuana in liquor permit premises following the recent passage of Issue 2, which legalized the adult use of marijuana in Ohio.

Ohio’s marijuana law goes into effect Thursday under Issue 2 — which Ohioans passed with 57 percent of the vote.

Ohio Senate Republicans are trying to significantly change the state’s marijuana law before it goes into effect Thursday.

The race is on to alter Ohio’s marijuana law before it goes into effect Thursday.